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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Xcel Energy reports on tritium levels in well near Mississippi River
Recent testing of a monitoring well in Minnesota near the Mississippi River detected tritium levels just below the safety standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency, Xcel Energy reported this week.
Technical Session|Used Fuel Storage, Transportation, and Re-Use
Wednesday, October 12, 2022|8:20–10:00AM EDT|Adagio/Allegro
Session Chair:
Rose Montgomery (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Rick Shimskey (PNNL)
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Metallography Examination and Hardness Measurements of High-Burnup Spent Nuclear Fuel Claddings During Simulated Drying Conditions
8:20–8:45AM EDT
Muhammet Ayanoglu (ORNL), Rose Montgomery (ORNL), Bruce Bevard (ORNL)
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Microscopy Examinations of KKB Special Fuel Rods
8:45–9:10AM EDT
Pia Tejland (Studsvik Nuclear), Joakim K.-H. Karlsson (Studsvik Nuclear), Cecilia Janzon (Studsvik Nuclear), T. Lin (Studsvik Nuclear), Anna-Maria Alvarez (Studsvik Nuclear), Kyle Johnson (Studsvik Nuclear), Radomir Josek (Studsvik Nuclear), Arno Benen (Vattenfall Europe Nuclear Energy)
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