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NRC’s David Wright visits the Hill and more NRC news
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is in the spotlight today for three very different reasons. First, NRC Chair David Wright was on Capitol Hill yesterday for his renomination hearing in front of the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee. Second, the NRC released its updated milestone schedules according to the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA) and the executive orders signed by President Trump last month; and third, as reported by Reuters on Tuesday, 28 former NRC officials have condemned the dismissal of Commissioner Hanson earlier this month.
Renomination: EPW Committee chair Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R., W.Va.) opened the hearing with a statement praising Wright’s experience and emphasized the urgency of stable leadership at the NRC.
“China is executing a rapid build-out of its nuclear industry,” Capito said. “The demand for clean, baseload power is skyrocketing as we position America to win the AI race.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|2:30–4:15PM EST
Session Chair:
Jack D. Law
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Alternate Chair:
Christina Leggett
Staff Producer:
Mich Leana (American Nuclear Society)
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Characterizing the Properties of Spent Nuclear Fuel
John E. Barlow (The University of Texas at Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (The University of Texas at Austin), Tucker Sawyer (The University of Texas at Austin), Sebastian Vazquez (The University of Texas at Austin), Jason Pauly (The University of Texas at Austin), Kayla Casuga (The University of Texas at Austin)
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TN-32 Model Validation using the HBU Project Spent Fuel Temperature Data
Miles Greiner (University of Nevada, Reno), Mustafa Hadj Nacer (University of Nevada, Reno), Megan Higley (University of Nevada, Reno)
Storage and Transportation Strategy for Fluoride-salt-cooled High-temperature Reactors Spent Fuel
Massimiliano Fratoni (University of California Berkeley), Lorenzo Vergari (University of California Berkeley)
Dynamic Adsorption of Organoiodides using Mordenites
Piyush Sabharwall (Idaho National Laboratory), Krishnan S. Raja (University of Idaho), Chaithanya Balumuru (University of Idaho), John P. Stanford (University of Idaho), Tejaswini Vaidya (University of Idaho), Vivek P. Utgikar (University of Idaho)
Hydrodynamics of Extraction Devices: Residence Time Distribution in Centrifugal Extractors for Organic Phase
Kevin L. Lyon (Idaho National Laboratory), Vivek P. Utgikar (University of Idaho), chaithanya balumuru (University of Idaho)
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