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Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Deep Isolation validates its disposal canister for TRISO spent fuel
Nuclear waste disposal technology company Deep Isolation announced it has successfully completed Project PUCK, a government-funded initiative to demonstrate the feasibility and potential commercial readiness of its Universal Canister System (UCS) to manage TRISO spent nuclear fuel.
George Ana, Anisia Bornea, Ciprian Bucur, Alina Niculescu, Felicia Vasut, Ovidiu Balteanu, Marius Zamfirache
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 76 | Number 3 | April 2020 | Pages 321-326
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2020.1711854
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Whether they are based on fusion (JET, ITER, DEMO) or fission (e.g., CANDU type) or are cooled using molted salts [molten salt reactors (MSRs)], nuclear reactors generate significant amounts of waste in the form of low-level tritiated light water or heavy water, which generates risks for the environment and radiological risks for operating personnel. Given the wide range of tritium concentrations of tritiated water waste, processing it efficiently is possible only if the process is based on the combined process of liquid phase catalitic exchange and electrolysis of water. During this process, tritium is concentrated as tritiated water, which reduces the amount of waste and concentrates the water at the isotopic level high enough for further processing in view of tritium recovery, employing isotopic transfer in gas form. This paper reports on the modification of an industrial hydrogen generator in view of tritium compatibility to be used for further processing of tritiated (heavy) water for tritium recovery. Additionally, analysis will be made, and results will be presented on what will be the tritium/deuterium concentration profile in the generator and what influence the water holdup will have on the isotope concentration.