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Tuesday, May 18, 2021
TIME
TOPIC
PRESENTER
8:00 - 8:10 am
Welcoming Remarks
Jud Virden, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Tech Session 1 - Pyrochemical and Molten Salt 1
Session Chair: Marisa Monreal, Los Alamos National Laboratory
8:10 - 8:35 am
The Development of Vacuum Salt Distillation at AWE
Richard Driscoll, AWE
8:35 - 9:00 am
Distillation as an Industrial Separation Alternative for Actinides
Dominik Bohm, University of Szczecin
9:00 - 9:25 am
Purification of Actinides Via Chlorination + Volatilization
Michael Simpson, University of Utah
9:25 - 9:50 am
Options for Chlorination of U Metal to Synthesize UCl3
David Hamilton, University of Utah
9:50 - 10:15 am
Thermophysical Properties of Liquid Chlorides from 600 – 1600 K: Melt point, Enthalpy of Fusion, and Volumetric Expansion
Matt Jackson, Los Alamos National Laboratory
10:15 - 10:30 am
Break
Tech Session 2 - Plutonium Processing
Session Chair: Peter Zalupski, Idaho National Laboratory
10:30 - 10:55 am
Extraction of Plutonium and Neptunium using Monoamide Ligands for 238Pu Production
Laetitia Delmau, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
10:55 - 11:20 am
Oxidation of DGA resin for trivalent actinide and lanthanide recovery from Mark-18A targets
Nicholas Karay, Savannah River National Laboratory
11:20 - 11:45 am
Progress in Converting Research Facilities and Operations into Production Mode for Both Pu-238 and Cf-252
Emory Collins, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
11:45 - 12:10 pm
Expanding Aqueous Plutonium Chemistry Capabilities at LLNL
Cyrena Parker, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
12:10 - 13:30
Lunch Break
Tech Session 3 - Pyrochemical and Molten Salt 2
Session Chair: Chao Zhang, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
13:30 - 13:55
Reduction and Recovery of Uranium Hexafluoride from 1-Methyl-1-Propylpiperidinium Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide
Cassara Higgins, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
13:55 - 14:20
Neutron Pair Distribution Function Studies of Actinide-Molten Salts
Sven Vogel, Los Alamos National Laboratory
14:20 - 14:45
Reduction of Chlorinated Cerium Back to Metallic Form using Lithium Metal
Mario Gonzalez, University of Utah
14:45 - 15:10
Effects of Silicon in Pu Pyrochemical Processes
Scott Simpson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
15:10 - 15:35
Novel Methods in Uranium Metal Production
Bradley Childs, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
15:35 - 15:50
Tech Session 4
Session Chair: Don Wood, Idaho National Laboratory
15:50 - 16:20
The Trouble with Thorium in the Recovery of Rare Earths from Ores
Bruce Moyer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
16:20 - 16:45
Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for Future Nuclear Applications
Ingrid Lehman-Andino, Savannah River National Laboratory
16:45 - 17:10
Potential Defect Structure Effects in the Volatility Separation of Sub-picogram Quantities of Fission and Activation Products from an Irradiated UO2 Matrix
Bruce McNamara, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
17:10 - 17:35
Technical Opportunities for Decreasing Cost and Proliferation Hazard Associated with Reprocessing Technologies
Jen Shafer, ARPA-E
17:35 - 17:45
Closing Remarks
Gregg Lumetta, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
7:55 - 8:00 am
Introductory Remarks/Announcements
Gregg Lumetta, PNNL
Tech Session 5 - Solvent Extraction 1
Session Chair: Greg Horne, Idaho National Laboratory
8:00 - 8:25 am
Head-End Separation of Caesium from Uranium in Spent Nuclear Fuel Recycling using AMP-PAN Composites
Alistair Holdsworth, University of Manchester
8:25 - 8:50 am
Demonstration of the ALSEP Process in Centrifugal Contactors using Spiked Simulated Raffinate Solution
Andreas Wilden, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
8:50 - 9:15 am
Effects of Complexants On Solvent Extraction Kinetics In ALSEP
Madeleine Eddy, Colorado School of Mines
9:15 - 9:40 am
Novel Preorganized Ligands for Selective Actinide and Lanthanide Separation
Santa Jansone-Popova, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
9:40 - 10:05 am
From H5dtpa to H4octapa: Aminopolycarboxylate Radiometal Chelators for Trivalent Actinide Coordination
Peter Zalupski, Idaho National Laboratory
10:05 - 10:20 am
Tech Session 6 - Solvent Extraction 2
Session Chair: Santa Jansone-Popova, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
10:20- 10:40 am
Radiolytic Transformation of Acetohydroxamic Acid (AHA) and 1,2-Cyclohexylenedinitrilotetraacetic Acid (CDTA) Under Single-Cycle Conditions
Gregory Horne, Idaho National Laboratory
10:40 - 11:00 am
Theoretical Benchmarking of Structure and Selectivity in Ln(III)/An(III) Separation with Phosphinic Acid Ligands
Robert Chapleski, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
11:00 - 11:20 am
Neptunium Speciation and Determination of its Total Concentration in Dissolved Fuel Simulant Solutions by Spectrophotometry
Sergey Sinkov, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
11:20 - 11:40 am
Temperature Effects on the Absorption Spectrum of Neptunium(V) in Nitric Acid
Luke Sadergaski, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
11:40 - 12:00 am
Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy and its Application in Liquid-Liquid Interfacial Chemistry
Zheming Wang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
12:00 – 13:30
ASC Board Meeting (closed session)
13:30 – 15:00
Virtual Poster Session
Thursday, May 20, 2021
7:55 – 8:00 am
Tech Session 7 - Pyrochemical and Molten Salt 3
Session Chair: Matt Jackson, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Progress Towards the Electrolytic Reduction of Plutonium Oxide Using a Stirred Cell
Alistair Parkes, AWE
Developing robust reference electrode chemistry for electrochemical corrosion experiments in actinide bearing molten salts
Charles Lhermitte, Los Alamos National Laboratory
High Throughput Electrorefining at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Chao Zhang, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Electrochemical studies of uranium redox behaviors at phosphate modified electrodes: A prelude to americium redox activity
Xiangyang Hou, Florida International University
9:40 - 9:55 am
Tech Session 8 - Medical Isotopes
Session Chair: Gabriel Hall, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
9:55 - 10:20 am
Evaluation of Molecular Recognition Technology Resin for the Isolation of Radium from Natural Thorium Nitrate Concentrates
Matthew O'Hara, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
10:20 - 10:40 am
Development of an In-Line Multi-Column Process for the Isolation of 224Ra from 228Th for Use in 212Pb/212Bi Generators
Lucas Boron-Brenner, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Production, Purification, and Recovery of At-211 at Texas A&M University
Johnathan Burns, Texas A&M University
11:00 -11:20 am
Automating High Pressure Ion Chromatography (HPIC) for Separations Chemistry Use case: Ac-225 separation from Radiolanthanides
Sandra Davern, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Process for the recovery of Mo-99 from the Accelerator-induced Fission of Uranium
Anna Servis, Argonne National Laboratory
11:40 - 12:00 pm
Distribution of U, Pu and Np in a Mo-99 Recovery Process using Sachtopore NP (titania based) Absorbent Material
Edward Kyser, Savannah River National Laboratory
12:00 - 13:30
Tech Session 9
Session Chair: Ingrid Lehman-Andino, Savannah River National Laboratory
Niowave's Closed Loop Fuel Cycle for Domestic Production of Mo-99 and Other Isotopes
Nathan Johnson, Niowave, Inc.
Demonstration of the Blending of SRS 2nd U Cycle Product with Natural U to Produce a HALEU Solution
W.E. Daniel, Savannah River National Laboratory
Flowsheet Development for the Dissolution of Aluminum-clad Research Reactor Fuels in the Savannah River Site H Canyon facility
Tracy Rudisill, Savannah River National Laboratory
Advanced Correlations in PuO2 Processing Data
Eric Hoar, Savannah River National Laboratory
Demonstrating the Pyrochemical Flowsheet at 200 g
Kiel Holliday, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Tech Session 10
Session Chair: Mark Jensen, Colorado School of Mines
15:50 - 16:15
Pyrochemical Operations Overview of SRPPF
Rebecca Carter, Savannah River National Laboratory
16:15 - 16:40
Development of Method for Looking at PuO2 on Benchtop SEM
Forrest Heller, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
16:40 - 17:05
Early Stages of Uranium and Plutonium Oxalate Growth
Karen Kruska, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Seaborg Award and Closing Remarks
17:05 - 17:30
Presentation of Seaborg Award