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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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UW-Madison: A Midwestern nucleus of fission and fusion
With more than six decades as a top-ranked program in its rearview, the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics (NEEP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is hardly slowing down. In fact, NEEP is continuing to grow and develop its faculty, curriculum, and research.
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)