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The busyness of the nuclear fuel supply chain
Ken Petersenpresident@ans.org
With all that is happening in the industry these days, the nuclear fuel supply chain is still a hot topic. The Russian assault in Ukraine continues to upend the “where” and “how” of attaining nuclear fuel—and it has also motivated U.S. legislators to act.
Two years into the Russian war with Ukraine, things are different. The Inflation Reduction Act was passed in 2022, authorizing $700 million in funding to support production of high-assay low-enriched uranium in the United States. Meanwhile, the Department of Energy this January issued a $500 million request for proposals to stimulate new HALEU production. The Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2024 includes $2.7 billion in funding for new uranium enrichment production. This funding was diverted from the Civil Nuclear Credits program and will only be released if there is a ban on importing Russian uranium into the United States—which could happen by the time this column is published, as legislation that bans Russian uranium has passed the House as of this writing and is headed for the Senate. Also being considered is legislation that would sanction Russian uranium. Alternatively, the Biden-Harris administration may choose to ban Russian uranium without legislation in order to obtain access to the $2.7 billion in funding.
Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2023)
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 14, 2023|8:00–9:45AM EST|Lincoln East
Session Chair:
Shikha Prasad (Schlumberger, Houston)
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A New Approach to Monitoring Solvent Extraction Processes for the Nuclear Industry
8:00–8:20AM EST
E.S. Cardenas (INL), L.A. Ocampo Giraldo (INL), M.R. Greenhalgh (INL), J.D. Hix (INL), C.M. Walker (INL), K.N. Wilsdon (INL), J.T. Johnson (INL)
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Online Measurements of Off-Gas Systems in Nuclear Processes Using a Spectroscopy Approach
8:20–8:40AM EST
Ammon Williams (INL), Adam Butikofer (INL), Ruchi Gakhar (INL)
Contact Metal Optimization of Ga2O3 Schottky Diodes for Radiation Detection and High Temperatures
8:40–9:00AM EST
Jarod Remy (Ohio State), Thomas Blue (Ohio State), Parans Paranthaman (ORNL), Lei R. Cao (Ohio State)
Status Report on a Contemporary Assessment of Wide Area Environmental Sampling
9:00–9:20AM EST
Arden Dougan (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Paula Cable-Dunlap (ORNL), Jill Cooley (Y-12), Diane Fischer (ORNL), Robert Jubin (ORNL), Wendy Kuhne (SRNL), Kelly McHugh (PNNL), Sean Stave (PNNL), Nathan Stevens (INL)
Initial Results of an In-Field Validation Exercise in Support of Wide Area Environmental Sampling
9:20–9:40AM EST
Robert Jubin (ORNL), Arden Dougan (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Paula Cable-Dunlap (ORNL), Brian Ticknor (ORNL), Joshua Hewitt (ORNL), Wendy Kuhne (SRNL), Kelly McHugh (PNNL), Sean Stave (PNNL), Nathan Stevens (INL)
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