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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Amazon provides update on its Washington project with X-energy
A year ago this month, Amazon led a $500 million investment in X-energy, alongside Citadel founder Ken Griffin, the University of Michigan, and other investors. In addition to that financing, Amazon pledged to support the development of an initial four-unit, 320-MW project with Energy Northwest in Washington state.
Technical Session|Surface Science and Corrosion
Tuesday, September 10, 2024|11:00AM–12:30PM EDT|Gold Ballroom
Session Chair:
B. Ravat
Alternate Chair:
Jason R. Jeffries (LLNL)
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Corrosion of Pu-Ga Alloys Under Ambient Conditions
11:00–11:30AM EDT
Scott B. Donald (LLNL), W. McLean (LLNL)
Paper
Thermodynamics of Radiogenic Helium, Adsorbed Environmental Gases, and Defects in δ-Plutonium Alloys
11:30–11:50AM EDT
David M. Wayne (LANL), Sarah C. Hernandez (LANL), Najeb M. Abdul-Jabbar (LANL), Franz J. Freibert (LANL)
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Advancing Sample Preparation Techniques for Scanning Electron Microscopy-Based Particle Size Analysis of Plutonium-Dioxide
11:50AM–12:10PM EDT
Kyle Makovsky (PNNL), Jason Lonergan (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Aaron Nicholas (PNNL), Cody Nizinski (PNNL), Richard Clark (PNNL), David Meier (PNNL)
XPS Characterization of Pu at LANL Surface Science Lab
12:10–12:30PM EDT
William Ponder (LANL), Sarah Hickam (LANL), Alessandro Mazza (LANL), Connor Dozhier (LANL), Dan T. Olive (LANL)
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