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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Educators learn about Oak Ridge’s nuclear career opportunities
Nearly 300 public school teachers, career counselors, and school administrators from 11 middle and high schools in the Oak Ridge region of Tennessee recently attended a nuclear opportunities workshop. The event was held to provide information about careers available for students in the years ahead related to the cleanup mission of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management.
Technical Session|Detection and Analysis
Wednesday, September 11, 2024|3:00–3:50PM EDT|Colonial Ballroom
Session Chair:
Marisa J. Monreal
Alternate Chair:
Kiel S. Holliday
Session Organizer:
Jason R. Jeffries
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Identifying Chemical Signatures of Plutonium Oxide Particles for Nuclear Forensics Using Synchrotron X-Rays
3:00–3:30PM EDT
Alexander Baker (LLNL), Rachel Lim (LLNL), Alexander Ditter (Berkeley Lab), Scott Donald (LLNL), David Shuh (Berkeley Lab), Brandon Chung (LLNL)
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Spectroscopic Interrogation of NpO2 and PuO2 Synthesized from Discrete Molecular Precursors
3:30–3:50PM EDT
S. Olivia Gunther (Berkeley Lab), Trevor Arino (Berkeley Lab), Appie Peterson (Berkeley Lab), Joshua J. Woods (Berkeley Lab), Jefferey R. McLachaln (Berkeley Lab), Luis Aguirre Quintana (Berkeley Lab), Jennifer N. Wacker (Berkeley Lab), David K. Shuh (Berkeley Lab), Rebecca Abergel (Berkeley Lab)
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