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Phoenix, AZ|Arizona Grand Resort & Spa
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Westinghouse, Nordion, and PSEG team up to produce Co‑60 in the United States
This past January, Westinghouse Electric Company, Nordion, and PSEG Nuclear formalized agreements to implement newly developed cobalt-60 production technology at Units 1 and 2 of PSEG’s Salem nuclear power plant in New Jersey, with the Co-60 to be supplied to Nordion. Through an ongoing joint initiative, the companies aim to harness U.S. pressurized water reactors to produce a key medical isotope and build the first commercial-scale Co-60 production platform in the United States.
Technical Session|Advances in Designs, Materials, and Manufacturing
Tuesday, October 11, 2022|10:15–11:55AM EDT|Adagio/Allegro
Session Chair:
Joshua T. White (LANL)
Alternate Chair:
Paul E. Cantonwine (ORNL)
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Steam Oxidation Behavior of Sintered High-Density Uranium Nitride Pellets via Thermogravimetric Analysis
10:15–10:40AM EDT
Danielle Gagen (Westinghouse Electric Co.), John Lyons (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Brian Ricketts (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Michael Sivack (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Ed Lahoda (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Kathryn Metzger (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Denise Adorno Lopes (Westinghouse Electric Sweden), Antoine Claisse (Westinghouse Electric Sweden), Joshua White (LANL), Kenneth McClellan (LANL), Jamie Stull (LANL), Scarlett Widgeon Paisner (LANL)
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Adaptation of Standard 17x17 PWR Fuel Assembly Design to Small Modular Reactors
10:40–11:05AM EDT
Pierre-Henri Louf (Framatome), Glen Thomas (Framatome), Rick Trotta (Holtec Int'l)
Thermal Optimization of UO2-Mo Fuel Using Sensitivity Analysis and Genetic Algorithms
11:05–11:30AM EDT
Jacob P. Gorton (ORNL), Daniel Schappel (ORNL), Joel L. McDuffee (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL), Andrew T. Nelson (ORNL)
Preliminary Evaluation of UO2/SiGA Fuel Performance of the Fast Modular Reactor
11:30–11:55AM EDT
Hangbok Choi (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), Oscar Gutierrez (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), Darrin Leer (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems)
