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The end-of-January spot price for uranium was $94.28 per pound, according to uranium fuel provider Cameco. That was the highest spot price posted by the company since the $95.00 per pound it listed at the end of February 2024. Spot prices during 2025 ranged from a low of $64.23 per pound at the end of March to a high of $82.63 per pound at the end of September.
Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2023)
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 14, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EST|Lincoln West
Session Chair:
Ben Cipiti (Sandia)
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An Evolving Physical Protection Approach for Small Modular and Microreactors
10:00–10:20AM EST
Benjamin B. Cipiti (Sandia), Alan Evans (Sandia)
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The Impact of Blended Cyber-Physical Attacks on Microreactors
10:20–10:40AM EST
Pat Moosir (Sandia)
Safeguards and Security for TRISO Pebble-Bed Reactors
10:40–11:00AM EST
Charles Forsberg (MIT), Andrew Kadak (Kadak Assoc.)
Experimental Methods for Tagging and Tracking TRISO-Fueled Pebbles in Pebble-Bed Reactors
11:00–11:20AM EST
Ming Fang (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Angela Di Fulvio (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Pebble Bed Reactor Neutronics and Isotopic Analysis During Lifetime of a Pebble
11:20–11:40AM EST
Zachary Crouch (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Ben Impson (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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