Nuclear Fuel Cycle: A Chemistry Conference

13:45 - 14:00 (15min)

Conference Connection

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14:00 - 14:40 (40min)

Keynote

Chair : Andreas Wilden (FZJ) & Hitos Galan Montano (CIEMAT)

› Moving from diglycolamide to monoglycolamide-a better extractant for treatment of high-level waste - Prathibha Thonakot, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic research, Kalpakkam 14:00-14:30 (30min)

14:40 - 16:00 (1h20)

Actinide separation

Chair : Andreas Wilden (FZJ) & Hitos Galan Montano (CIEMAT)

› Development of automated microfluidic system for actinide separation and analysis - Shuang Yu Han, School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Sciences [Manchester] 14:40-14:55 (15min)

› Molecular prediction of lanthanide cation transfer for liquid-liquid extraction - Erwann Guillam, Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule 15:00-15:15 (15min)

› Impacts of Lanthanide Ion Complexation on the Radiation Robustness of Diglycolamide Extractants - Michaela Bronstetter, Idaho National Laboratory, Michigan State University 15:20-15:35 (15min)

› SO3-Ph-BTBP stability studies under AmSel process conditions - Pablo Vacas-Arquero, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas [Madrid] 15:40-15:55 (15min)

16:00 - 16:20 (20min)

Break

16:20 - 18:00 (1h40)

Actinide materials: nuclear fuels and radwaste matrices

Chair: Thierry Mennecart (SCK-CEN)

› Conversion of U(VI) and Pu(IV) by peroxide precipitation and hydrothermal treatment - Lucas Muller, Institut des Sciences et technologies pour une Economie Circulaire des énergies bas carbone 16:20-16:35 (15min)

› Electrochemical Investigation of Uranium Redox Behavior in Molten Chloride Salts Using Boron-Doped Diamond - Hannah Patenaude, Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of Nevada [Las Vegas] 16:40-16:55 (15min)

› Structural Investigation of Th in Uranium Oxides for Development of Age-Dating Reference Microparticles in Nuclear Safeguards - Shannon Kimberly Potts, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research – Nuclear Waste Management (IEK-6) 17:00-17:15 (15min)

› Atomistic modeling of sodium borosilicate glasses containing uranium - Kashi Subedi, Los Alamos National Laboratory 17:20-17:35 (15min)

› Study of dissolution kinetics and mechanisms of the phases formed during the oxidation of (U,Pu)O2 in concentrated nitric acid - Charlene MHANNA, CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, Univ Montpellier 17:40-17:55 (15min)

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