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New lab at ORNL speeds up U-233 cleanup, Ac-225 delivery
A new analytical laboratory at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been officially opened by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and its contractor Isotek Systems. The state-of-the-art lab, located in Building 2026, is being used to speed up the high-priority cleanup of ORNL’s uranium-233 inventory and accelerate the delivery of actinium-225 to facilities that use the radioisotope in research and for potential treatment of patients with cancer.
The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fuel Materials and Chemistry
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST|2
Session Chair:
Giovanni Pastore (UTK)
Alternate Chair:
Ryan Sweet (ORNL)
Track Organizer:
Scott Palmtag (NCSU)
Staff Producer:
Vincent Novellino (NC State Univ.)
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BISON Methods and Contact Algorithms
Jason Hales (Idaho National Laboratory)
Paper
Lower length scale methods exemplified for U3Si2 fission gas behavior
David Andersson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Bison Robustness and Performance Improvements
Daniel Schwen (Idaho National Laboratory), Alexander D. Lindsay (Idaho National Laboratory), Benjamin Spencer (Idaho National Laboratory), Stephanie A. Pitts (Idaho National Laboratory), Dylan J. McDowell (Idaho National Laboratory)
Ceramic Nuclear Fuel Fracture Modeling for Relocation with the Extended Finite Element Method
Wen Jiang (Idaho National Laboratory), Benjamin Spencer (Idaho National Laboratory)
