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Canada funds fusion-based copper-67 production project
The Canadian Medical Isotope Ecosystem, which is backed by the Canadian federal government’s Strategic Innovation Fund, has announced funding for a collaboration between Promation, Astral Systems, and McMaster University to establish a proof-of-concept approach for a fusion reaction–based copper-67 production process with automated postirradiation isotope separation and purification.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EST|Columbia 12
Session Chair:
Julie Jacobson (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Tyler Newitt (INL)
Session Organizer:
Andrew E. Thomas (INL)
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Electrochemical Studies of Actinides in Molten Salt and Aqueous Media in Support of Nuclear Material Management
10:00–10:20AM EST
Bethany Kersten (Case Western Reserve Univ.), Rohan Akolkar (Case Western Reserve Univ.), Christine E. Duval (Case Western Reserve Univ.)
Paper
Analysis of Neutronic Parameters Using MCNP 6.2 for the Molten Salt Irradiation Facility at the PULSTAR Reactor
10:20–10:40AM EST
Matthew Schweitzer (NCSU), Ming Liu (NCSU), Austin Wells (NCSU), Nick Poole (NCSU), Nina Colby Fleming (NCSU), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU)
Heat Transfer Performance of a Wire-Wrapped Sodium Fast Reactor Fuel Rod Simulator
10:40–11:00AM EST
Nicholas J. Thoreson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mathieu Martin (TerraPower), Mark H. Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Optical Basicity Determination of Molten Halide Salts
11:00–11:20AM EST
K. Buttice (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), A. Couet (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), R. Gakhar (INL)
Demonstration of Ultrafast Transient Absorption Spectroscopy in Molten Salts
11:20–11:40AM EST
Davis Bryars (NCSU), Alexander W. Bataller (NCSU)