AVS 59th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition
    Actinides and Rare Earths Focus Topic Tuesday Sessions

Session AC+EN-TuM
Energetic Materials Issues for Nuclear Power: Fuels, Corrosion and Waste Disposal

Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 8:00 am, Room 006
Moderator: J.G. Tobin, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory


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8:00am AC+EN-TuM1 Invited Paper
Novel Concepts for Enhanced Metallic Nuclear Fuel Performance
J.R. Kennedy, R.D. Mariani, D.L. Porter, S.L. Hayes, H.J.M. Chichester, Idaho National Laboratory, A.E. Wright, Y.S. Kim, A.M. Yacout, G.L. Hofman, Argonne National Laboratory, R.P. Omberg, D.J. Senor, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
8:40am AC+EN-TuM3 Invited Paper
Low Temperature Oxidation of Plutonium: A Mott-Cabrera Mechanism
P. Roussel, AWE, UK, A.J. Nelson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
9:40am AC+EN-TuM6
The Sputtering Yields of Depleted Uranium and Uranium Carbide Bombarded and Alloyed by Either 30 keV Gallium or 16 keV Cesium Ions
W.J. Siekhaus, N.E. Teslich, P.K. Weber, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
10:40am AC+EN-TuM9
Actinide Subsurface Chemistry in Waste Isolated Pilot Plant, Recent Development
M. Borkowski, J.-F. Lucchini, M.K. Richmann, D.T. Reed, Los Alamos National Laboratory
11:00am AC+EN-TuM10
XPS Study of Uranium Oxides with Various Precipitating Agents
K.S. Holliday, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, J. Plaue, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, W.J. Siekhaus, A.J. Nelson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory