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Uranium is a naturally occurring radioactive trace element found in rocks, soils, and coals. U may contaminate groundwater and soil from nuclear power plant operations, spent fuel reprocessing, high-level waste disposal, ore mining and processing, or ...
Precious Cooper +9 more
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Retreatment and beneficiation of weathered material from a coal tailings storage facility: A case study [PDF]
Most of the mining industry has increasingly focussed on the efficient management and remediation of tailings storage facilities, often involving dry stacking of filtered as-arising tailings as well the reclamation and filtration of legacy tailings dams.
Loftus Tobie
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The Fukushima accident of 2011 pulled von Hippel back into the reactor-safety world. He was invited to join a Congressionally-mandated four-year study of the lessons that could be learned from the Fukushima accident to improve the safety of US nuclear ...
Frank von Hippel, Tomoko Kurokawa
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Effect of Preanalytical Processing of ThinPrep Specimens on Detection of High-Risk Human Papillomavirus by the Aptima HPV Assay [PDF]
Two important preanalytical protocols performed on liquid-based cytological specimens, namely, automated cytology processing and glacial acetic acid (GAA) treatment, may occur prior to the arrival of specimens in a molecular diagnostics laboratory ...
Amrhein, Robert D. +7 more
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As one of the core technologies within used nuclear fuel reprocessing, the research and application status of analytical techniques reflects the analytical capability. This paper aims to present an overview of this status in China.
ZUO Chen, ZHANG Lihua, CHANG Zhiyuan, YE Guoan
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Online Monitoring Technology in Molten Salt Electrolysis Reprocessing
Dry reprocessing technology is an important development direction of nuclear fuel cycle system in China, among which the promising molten salt electrolysis requires accurate monitoring of elements in the process of industrialization to ensure safety ...
WANG Zhe;HUANG Li-qin;SUN Xian;LU Yue-xiang
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Economic simulation modeling of reprocessing alternatives for corn masa byproducts [PDF]
Increasing production of corn masa for tortillas, chips, and related snack foods is resulting in large quantities of organic residuals requiring environmentally sound management. These byproduct streams appear suitable for use as livestock feed material,
Bern, Carl +5 more
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Advanced Nuclear Energy Pathways for a Net-Zero World: Fuel Cycles, Reactors, and Policy Readiness. [PDF]
Integrating alternative nuclear fuels with advanced reactor technologies enables more sustainable energy systems by reducing waste, improving safety, and strengthening proliferation resistance. ABSTRACT This review examines the contributions of alternative nuclear fuels and advanced reactor technologies to enhancing the sustainability, safety, and ...
Haggam RA +8 more
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Simulation of Molten Salt Electrorefining Process of U-Pu-Zr Ternary Alloy
The integrated closed-cycle fast reactor nuclear energy system is an important measure to accelerate the implementation of the “three-step” strategy of nuclear energy.
Sai WANG +4 more
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As of the end of 2017, Japan had a stockpile of 48 tons of separated plutonium. It will take more than a decade for Japan to convert most of that plutonium into “mixed-oxide” (MOX) fuel and load it into power reactors licensed to use such fuel. This is a
Masafumi Takubo, Frank N. Von Hippel
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