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  Take steps on SNF and HLW disposal
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  With a new administration and Congress, it is time once again to ponder what will happen—if anything—on U.S. spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste management policy over the next few years. One element of the forthcoming discussion seems clear: The executive and legislative branches are eager to talk about recycling commercial SNF. Whatever the merits of doing so, it does not obviate the need for one or more facilities for disposal of remaining long-lived radionuclides. For that reason, making progress on U.S. disposal capabilities remains urgent, lest the associated radionuclide inventories simply be left for future generations to deal with.
  In March, Rick Perry, who was secretary of energy during President Trump’s first administration, observed that during his tenure at the Department of Energy it became clear to him that any plan to move SNF “required some practical consent of the receiving state and local community.”¹
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Aqueous Plutonium Reprocessing at LLNL

11:00–11:30AM EDT

Maryline G. Ferrier (Kerlin) (LLNL), Helen Deaguero (LLNL), Kiel S. Holliday (LLNL), Bryan D. Smith (LLNL), Brandon Smiddy (LLNL), Scott A. Simpson (LLNL), Silvi A. Di Pietro (LLNL), Emma R. Tardiff (LLNL), Tsuyoshi A. Kohlgruber (LLNL), David J. Roberts (LLNL), Bradley C. Childs (LLNL), Lawrence E. Banks (LLNL)

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Solubility, Speciation and Thermodynamics of PuCO3OH(cr) in Carbonate Containing Solutions

11:30–11:50AM EDT

P. Müller (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), D. Fellhauer (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), D. Schild (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), M. Altmaier (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), X. Gaona (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), H. Geckeis (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology)

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Historical Ion Exchange Processes and Future Prospects at the Savannah River Site

11:50AM–12:10PM EDT

Rebecca Carter (SRNL), Matthew Mills (SRNL), Sasha Mills (SRNL), Philip Almond (SRNL)

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Synthesis of Uranium and Plutonium Oxides by Peroxide Precipitation and Hydrothermal Treatment

12:10–12:30PM EDT

L. Muller (CEA), P. Estevenon (CEA), C. Tamain (CEA), N. Dacheux (Univ. Montpellier), N. Clavier (CNRS)

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