AVS 62nd International Symposium & Exhibition
    Actinides and Rare Earths Focus Topic Thursday Sessions

Session AC+AS+MI-ThM
Nuclear Power and Waste Remediation

Thursday, October 22, 2015, 8:00 am, Room 230A
Moderator: David Shuh, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory


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8:00am AC+AS+MI-ThM1 Invited Paper
Applications of Synchrotron Methods to f-Element Research in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Melissa Denecke, The University of Manchester, UK
8:40am AC+AS+MI-ThM3 Invited Paper
Ab Initio Study of Advanced Metallic Nuclear Fuels for Fast Breeder Reactors
Alexander I. Landa, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
9:20am AC+AS+MI-ThM5
Shedding Light on Uranium Corrosion in Nuclear Waste Packages
Charilaos Paraskevoulakos, University of Bristol, UK
9:40am AC+AS+MI-ThM6
The Optical Properties of Uranium Carbide Measured by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry
Wigbert Siekhaus, A.J. Nelson, C.K. Saw, Lawrence Livermore National Laboraatory
11:00am AC+AS+MI-ThM10
Uranium Wet Oxidation in the Presence of Hydrogen Overpressure
Antonios Banos, University of Bristol, UK
11:40am AC+AS+MI-ThM12
Resolving the Issues of 5f Covalency and Ionicity in UO2 and UF4
James Tobin, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory