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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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DOE report: Cost to finish cleaning up Hanford site could exceed $589 billion
The cost to complete the cleanup of the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state could cost as much as $589.4 billion, according to the 2025 Hanford Lifecycle Scope, Schedule, and Cost Report, which was released by the DOE on April 15. While that estimate is $44.2 billion lower than the DOE’s 2022 estimate of $640.6 billion, a separate, low-end estimate has since grown by more than 21 percent, to $364 billion.
The life cycle report, which the DOE is legally required to issue every three years under agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology), summarizes the remaining work scope, schedule, and cost estimates for the nuclear site. For more than 40 years, Hanford’s reactors produced plutonium for America’s defense program.
Technical Session|Severe Accidents
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT|Columbia 9/10
Session Chair:
David L. Luxat
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Fulvio Mascari
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Sensitivity Analysis of Consequential Steam Generator Tube Rupture (C-SGTR) of Typical Korean NPP
10:45–11:05AM EDT
Byeonghee Lee (KAERI), Jin Ho Song (KAERI), Kwang Soon Ha (KAERI)
Paper
A Methodology for Real-Time Identification of a PWR Accident and Predictive Analysis
11:05–11:25AM EDT
Paul McMinn (Fauske & Assoc.), Nick Karancevic (Fauske & Assoc.), Chan Y. Paik (Fauske & Assoc.), Wei Wei (China Nuclear Power Operation Technology Corp.), Ma Guoyang (China Nuclear Power Operation Technology Corp.)
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Hysteresis Impacts in Steady Flow Transitions of the Rayleigh Bénard Problem with Internal Heating; Implications on Heat Transfer Margin in External Reactor Vessel Cooling Strategies
11:25–11:45AM EDT
A. Lentner (George Washington Univ.), E. Balaras (George Washington Univ.)
Source Term Uncertainty Analysis of Severe Accidents in Nordic BWRs
11:45AM–12:05PM EDT
Govatsa Acharya (Royal Institute of Technology), Ioannis Komlikis (Royal Institute of Technology), Dmitry Grishchenko (Royal Institute of Technology), Pavel Kudinov (Royal Institute of Technology), Sergey Galushin (Vysus Group)
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