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Take steps on SNF and HLW disposal
Matt Bowen
With a new administration and Congress, it is time once again to ponder what will happen—if anything—on U.S. spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste management policy over the next few years. One element of the forthcoming discussion seems clear: The executive and legislative branches are eager to talk about recycling commercial SNF. Whatever the merits of doing so, it does not obviate the need for one or more facilities for disposal of remaining long-lived radionuclides. For that reason, making progress on U.S. disposal capabilities remains urgent, lest the associated radionuclide inventories simply be left for future generations to deal with.
In March, Rick Perry, who was secretary of energy during President Trump’s first administration, observed that during his tenure at the Department of Energy it became clear to him that any plan to move SNF “required some practical consent of the receiving state and local community.”1
14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators
Technical Session
Wednesday, December 1, 2021|2:35–4:00PM EST |Lincoln East
Session Chair:
Lin Shao (TAMU)
Alternate Chair:
Philip L. Cole
Session Organizer:
Mohamed Y. Gohar
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Early Adoption and Outlook for High-Gradient THz Accelerators
2:40–3:00PM EST
Emilio Nanni (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University), V. Dolgashev (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), M. Hoffmann (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), S. Jawla (MIT), S. Lewis (Fermi Nat'l Accelerator Laboratory), M. Kozina (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), R.K. Li (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), M. Othman (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), S. Schaub (Air Force Research Laboratory), E. Snively (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), J. Picard (MIT), B. Spataro (INFN-LNF), R. Temkin (MIT), S. Tantawi (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), X. Wang (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), M. Franzi (Air Force Research Laboratory)
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The Concept and Applications of a Dual Energy Storage Ring
3:00–3:20PM EST
B. Dhital (Old Dominion Univ.), A. Hutton (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility), G.A. Krafft (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility), F. Lin (ORNL), V.S. Morozov (ORNL), Y. Zhang (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
Bright Beam Ampere-Class (N)UNCD Field Emission Cathode for RF Guns
3:20–3:40PM EST
Mitchell E. Schneider (Michigan State University), Emily Jevarjian (Michigan State University), Jiahang Shao (ANL), Tanvi Nikhar (Michigan State University), Taha Posos (Michigan State University), Wanming Liu (ANL), John Power (ANL), Sergey V. Baryshev (Michigan State University), Benjamin Sims (Michigan State University)
Benchmarking of the NCrystal SANS Plugin for Nanodiamonds
3:40–4:00PM EST
N. Rizzi (Technical Univ. Denmark), J.I. Marquez Damián (European Spallation Source), T. Kittelmann (European Spallation Source), B. Lauritzen (Technical Univ. Denmark), E. Klinkby (Technical Univ. Denmark), V. Santoro (European Spallation Source)
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