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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|10:00–11:45AM MST|Mesquite
Session Chair:
Chaithanya Balumuru
Alternate Chair:
Ryan Katona (Sandia)
Session Organizer:
Brady D. Hanson
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Overview of Deposition Models for Canister Ageing Management
10:00–10:20AM MST
Sarah R. Suffield (PNNL), Philip Jensen (PNNL), William Perkins (PNNL), Ben Jensen (PNNL), Brady Hanson (PNNL), Steven Ross (PNNL), Christopher Grant (PNNL), Casey Spitz (PNNL)
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Design of a Steel-Plate Composite Horizontal Storage Module for Spent Nuclear Fuel
10:20–10:40AM MST
Si-Hwan Park (Orano TN Americas), Ahmad Salih (Orano TN Americas)
Presented by Dimitris Hadjiharitou (Orano TN)
Vickers Microindentation Hardness of Post Irradiation Zirconium Alloy Cladding
10:40–11:00AM MST
L.I. Richmond (PNNL), A.P. Goulet (PNNL), R.D. Torres (PNNL), B.E. Westman (PNNL), B.D. Hanson (PNNL)
New Radiochemical Assay Experiments to Improve the Validation Basis for High Burnup Fuel
11:00–11:20AM MST
Germina Ilas (ORNL), Bruce Bevard (ORNL), Joseph Giaquinto (ORNL), Cole Hexel (ORNL), Benjamin Roach (ORNL)
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