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Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences
The mission of the Decommissioning and Environmental Sciences (DES) Division is to promote the development and use of those skills and technologies associated with the use of nuclear energy and the optimal management and stewardship of the environment, sustainable development, decommissioning, remediation, reutilization, and long-term surveillance and maintenance of nuclear-related installations, and sites. The target audience for this effort is the membership of the Division, the Society, and the public at large.
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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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WIPP’s SSCVS: A breath of fresh air
This spring, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced that it had achieved a major milestone by completing commissioning of the Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System (SSCVS) facility—a new, state-of-the-art, large-scale ventilation system at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the DOE’s geologic repository for defense-related transuranic (TRU) waste in New Mexico.
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)
Paper
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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