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NEI chief executive highlights “unlimited potential” for nuclear in state of the industry address
Korsnick
In the Nuclear Energy Institute’s annual State of the Nuclear Energy Industry report, NEI president and CEO and Maria Korsnick expressed optimism about the nuclear industry and she issued a call to action.
Her address was part of NEI’s Nuclear Energy Policy forum. The forum, being held in Washington, D.C., on May 20 and May 21, brings together industry leaders, policy stakeholders, and clean energy experts to discuss nuclear advocacy. Korsnick’s remarks focused on the private capital flowing into the industry, progress on regulatory reform and new nuclear technology, and how the U.S. is trying to take the lead on the global nuclear stage.
“We are here at an unprecedented time in our industry history,” Korsnick said. “I’m proud to say that the nuclear industry has a future of unlimited potential.”
Paul A. Demkowicz, James L. Jerden, Jr., James C. Cunnane, Noriko Shibuya, Ronald Baney, James Tulenko
Nuclear Technology | Volume 147 | Number 1 | July 2004 | Pages 157-170
Technical Paper | Thoria-Urania NERI | doi.org/10.13182/NT04-A3522
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The aqueous dissolution of irradiated and unirradiated uranium-thorium dioxide, (U,Th)O2, fuel pellets in Yucca Mountain well water has been investigated. Whole and crushed pellets were reacted at 25 and 90°C for periods of up to 195 days. The fuel dissolution was measured by analyzing the concentrations of soluble uranium, thorium, and important fission products (137Cs, 99Tc, 237Np, 239Pu, 240Pu, and 241Am) in the well water. The surface-area-normalized fractional uranium release rates for unirradiated crushed uranium dioxide (UO2) pellets were 10 to 40 times higher than the values for (U,Th)O2 fuel. Similarly, the dissolution rates of irradiated (U,Th)O2 pellets with compositions ranging from 2.0 to 5.2% UO2 were at least two orders of magnitude lower than reported literature values for pure UO2. These results demonstrate an advantage of (U,Th)O2 over UO2 in terms of matrix dissolution in groundwater and suggest that (U,Th)O2 fuel is a more stable long-term waste form than conventional UO2 fuel.
