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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Spent fuel recycling and conditioning topic of U.S.-Japan meeting
Officials with the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management discussed spent nuclear fuel recycling and conditioning with counterparts from Japan during the 13th U.S.-Japan Technical Meeting of the Civil Nuclear Energy Research and Development Working Group, held recently in Santa Fe, N.M.
Executive Session|Panel|Sponsored by Executive Track
Wednesday, December 1, 2021|4:20–5:45PM EST |International Ballroom East
Session Chair:
Marty Plys (FAI)
Student Assistant:
Erika Smith
This panel discussion will focus on advanced technologies for Fukushima decontamination and decommissioning. Experts will describe status of the site and technology being developed and deployed to for characterization, decontamination for dose reduction, debris retrieval, and debris processing. We anticipate that lessons learned will be applicable to routine maintenance and D&D of reactors in general.
Mitch Farmer
ANL
Damian Peko
USDOE
Joy Rempe
Rempe & Assoc.
Lake Barrett
Consultant
Shiyna Mizokami
Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings
Toyoaki Yamauchi
IRID
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