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Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Breaking ground on a new approach to construction
The drive to Kairos Power’s reactor demonstration site in Oak Ridge, Tenn., is not only scenic—it’s historic. Nearly 85 years ago, roughly 30,000 construction workers transformed orchards and farmland into a key Manhattan Project site. Depending on your route, you may pass by one of the three gatehouses that were once military checkpoints controlling access to Atomic Energy Commission production facilities.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|3:15–4:20PM MST|Mesquite
Session Chair:
Lauren Richmond (PNNL)
Alternate Chair:
Daniel Bullen (DNFSB)
Session Organizer:
Brady D. Hanson
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Handbook of Neutron Absorber Materials for Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage and Transportation Applications
3:15–3:35PM MST
Amanda Jenks (Dominion Engineering), Hatice Akkurt (EPRI)
Paper
UNF-ST&DARDS: Update of the Unified Spent Nuclear Fuel Database
3:35–3:55PM MST
Peter Stefanovic (ORNL), Paul Miller (PNNL), Kaushik Banerjee (PNNL)
Droplet Evaporation for Particle Deposition Models for Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Systems
3:55–4:15PM MST
Sarah R. Suffield (PNNL), Philip Jensen (PNNL), William Perkins (PNNL), Brady Hanson (PNNL), Steven Ross (PNNL)
