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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Glass strategy: Hanford’s enhanced waste glass program
The mission of the Department of Energy’s Office of River Protection (ORP) is to complete the safe cleanup of waste resulting from decades of nuclear weapons development. One of the most technologically challenging responsibilities is the safe disposition of approximately 56 million gallons of radioactive waste historically stored in 177 tanks at the Hanford Site in Washington state.
ORP has a clear incentive to reduce the overall mission duration and cost. One pathway is to develop and deploy innovative technical solutions that can advance baseline flow sheets toward higher efficiency operations while reducing identified risks without compromising safety. Vitrification is the baseline process that will convert both high-level and low-level radioactive waste at Hanford into a stable glass waste form for long-term storage and disposal.
Although vitrification is a mature technology, there are key areas where technology can further reduce operational risks, advance baseline processes to maximize waste throughput, and provide the underpinning to enhance operational flexibility; all steps in reducing mission duration and cost.
June 12–16, 2022
Anaheim, CA|Hilton Anaheim
We would like to invite you to attend the Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE 2022) meeting now embedded in the ANS Annual Meeting in Anaheim, CA at the Anaheim Hilton from June 12th to the 16th, 2022.
TOFE 2022 features abstracts and papers detailing outstanding research in the field of fusion science and technology
General Chair:
Ales Necas (TAE Technologies Inc)
Technical Program Chair:
Paul Humrickhouse (ORNL)
Publications Chair:
Leigh Winfrey (Penn State Univ.)
Student Program Chair:
Lauren Garrison (ORNL)
TOFE 2022 Schedule at a Glance
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TOFE 2022 Journal Submission Instructions
Poster Template TOFE 2022
Submit an abstract
Dear TOFE 2022 Authors,
TOFE 2022 has partnered with Fusion Science and Technology (FST) to publish a special issue of papers derived from the conference. You are invited to submit your work for consideration in the issue. If interested, please contact the journal office (fst@ans.org) and/or submit directly into FST’s peer review system before September 15, 2022.
Details:
Submission instructions:
I also welcome any questions to me directly at lwinfrey@sunymaritime.edu. We are looking forward to your submission.
My very best,
Dr. Leigh Winfrey
Fusion Science and Technology Editor-in-Chief
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ufst20