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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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New lab at ORNL speeds up U-233 cleanup, Ac-225 delivery
A new analytical laboratory at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been officially opened by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and its contractor Isotek Systems. The state-of-the-art lab, located in Building 2026, is being used to speed up the high-priority cleanup of ORNL’s uranium-233 inventory and accelerate the delivery of actinium-225 to facilities that use the radioisotope in research and for potential treatment of patients with cancer.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EST|Georgetown East
Session Chair:
DeLeah Lockridge (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Steve Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.)
Session Organizer:
William N. Mann
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Current Irradiation Capabilities Within United States for Advanced Reactor Development
3:15–3:35PM EST
Braden Clayton (Brigham Young Univ.), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Misti Lillo (INL)
Paper
Expert Elicitation for Collection of Stakeholder Input for a Molten Salt Sampling System Design
3:35–3:55PM EST
Megan Harkema (Vanderbilt Univ.), Steve Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.), Paul Marotta (Vanderbilt Univ.)
Community Engagement for Nuclear Energy Projects: Lessons from Participatory Design
3:55–4:15PM EST
Peter Wacnik (Univ. Michigan), Shanna Daly (Univ. Michigan), Aditi Verma (Univ. Michigan)
Nuclear Energy in Rural Alaska? Path Forward by Addressing Past Negative Events
4:15–4:35PM EST
Haruko M. Wainwright (MIT), Amandeep Singh (MIT), Adam Low (Univ. Alaska, Fairbanks), J. Ali Hanks (Univ. California, Berkeley), Brian Powell (Clemson Univ.), Richelle Johnson (Univ. Alaska, Fairbanks), Diane Hirshberg (Univ. Alaska, Anchorage), Gwen Holdmann (Univ. Alaska, Fairbanks)
