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In June 2025, the Department of Energy announced the Reactor Pilot Program, an authorization pathway that allowed reactor developers to partner with the DOE to get first-of-a-kind (FOAK) reactors built and tested. Soon after, the DOE rolled out a complementary Fuel Line Pilot Program, which aimed to fast-track fuel projects. In all, 20 projects were accepted into the new programs.
Decommissioning Environmental Sciences and Remote Technology 2024
Technical Session|Sponsored by DESD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|3:15–5:00PM EST|Merritt 1
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Dustin G. Miller
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Advancing Chalk River Laboratories Decommissioning Through Learning and Innovation
3:15–3:35PM EST
Caley Griener (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories), Kris Lariviere (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories)
Presented by Patrick Degagne (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories)
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Innovative Segmentation and Packaging of the Crystal River Unit 3 Reactor Vessel and Internal Structures
3:35–3:55PM EST
Sebastien Guillot (Orano USA), John Mayer (Orano USA), Dirk Bender (Orano USA)
Presented by Larry McDougal (Orano)
EPA Superfund Efforts to Assess Tribal Consumption to Improve Risk Assessments
3:55–4:15PM EST
Stuart Walker (U.S. EPA)
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — EPA Superfund Risk Assessment local foods
EPA Superfund Counts Per Minute (CPM) Calculator Survey Tool
4:15–4:35PM EST
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — EPA CPM calculator
Distributed Radioactive Source Reconstruction Using Sparse Radiation Detector Measurements
4:35–4:55PM EST
Fabien Giroux (Univ. Ottawa), James G. McDonald (Univ. Ottawa), Lucian Ivan (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories)