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Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Orano Med expands its Texas Pb-212 R&D center
Orano Group subsidiary Orano Med, a developer of targeted alpha therapies for oncology, inaugurated the expansion of its main research and development center located in Plano, Texas. The facility is used in the development of radiopharmaceuticals and for conducting preclinical research focused on targeted alpha therapies using lead-212, an alpha-emitting radioisotope that has shown promise in treating various types of cancer.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD|Cosponsored by RPSD
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|10:00–11:45AM MST|Sonoran 1
Session Chair:
Mihai A. Diaconeasa
Alternate Chair:
Sunil Chirayath (TAMU)
Session Organizer:
Aaron S. Epiney
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Achieving a Seismic Risk Target for a Seismically Isolated Advanced Reactor
10:00–10:20AM MST
Ching-Ching Yu (Univ. Buffalo), Benjamin M. Carmichael (Southern Co.), Jason P. Redd (Southern Co.), Brandon M. Chisholm (Southern Co.), Mark W. Peres (Peres Engineering), Brian I. Song (Kairos Power), Matthew Denman (Kairos Power), Chandrakanth Bolisetti (INL), Andrew S. Whittaker (Univ. Buffalo)
Paper
Summary of 2020 Common-Cause Failure Parameter Update for U.S. Commercial Operating Nuclear Power Plants
10:20–10:40AM MST
Zhegang Ma (INL)
Comparison of Safety and Security Risk of a Research Reactor with Accident Probability Analysis
10:40–11:00AM MST
Joeun Lee (Purdue), Shraddha Rane (Purdue), Theodore Thomas (Purdue), Jason T. Harris (Purdue)
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