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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Direct waste transfer process quickens at Savannah River Site
The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site this month marked the first direct transfer of decontaminated waste from the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) to the Saltstone Production Facility (SPF). This is a new step in optimizing waste processing, according to the DOE.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by OPD
Monday, November 16, 2020|3:40–5:50PM EST
Session Chair:
Piyush Sabharwall
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
N. Dianne B. Ezell
Staff Producer:
Paul LaTour (American Nuclear Society)
This session will primarily focus on the research and development activities at various universities in the area of gas cooled, molten salt cooled, lead cooled, sodium cooled, and rabbit development. The presentations and speakers will be: 1) Na Cartridge Loop Development (Mark Anderson and Seungjin Kim); 2) GFR Cartridge Loop Development (N.K. Anand and Xiaodong Sun); 3) Lead Cartridge Loop Development (Osman Anderoglu and Heng Ban); 4) MS Cartridge Loop Development (Rich Christensen and Mike Simpson); and 5) Rabbit System Development (Sean McDeavitt)
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