The Nuclear Fuel Cycle in the U.S.: What Are the Options? Archived Webinar Sep 11, 2013 Chris Phillips describes both reprocessing and long term storage as complementary ways of dealing with the used nuclear fuel (UNF) from the US's nuclear reactors. Candido Pereira provides an overview...
Fukushima Daiichi - An Update on the Current Status, Lessons Learned, and Path Forward Archived Webinar Sep 14, 2011 This webinar, called 'Fukushima Daiichi: - An Update on the Current Status, Lessons Learned, and Path Forward' presents an update as to what happened, the current status at Fukushima Daiichi, and an...
Fukushima Daiichi – How We Got Here and Where We’re Going Archived Webinar Apr 12, 2011 The purpose of this webinar is to provide the AIChE membership with information on what happened and the current status at Fukushima Daiichi based on the most credible technical sources.
Structural Analysis of Design of Process Equipment June, 2018This book offers comprehensive coverage of the analysis and design of both API equipment and ASME pressure vessels.
The Day a Three Mile Island Event Did Not Happen Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 24, 2018In 1986, while I was a new engineer at a nuclear power plant, the plant experienced a total loss of feedwater event when multiple systems and...
Security and Risk Mitigation: Practical and Cost-Effective Solutions By the U.S. Nuclear Industry Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 12, 2016Two major events have occurred in the last 20 years which have profoundly affected the U.S. nuclear industry – the terrorist attacks of 9/11/...
Identifying Fugitive Flare Flow Using Radioisotope Tracers Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015The regulation of greenhouse gas emissions by the EPA has become more stringent with increasing requirements to collect data to demonstrate...
Use of Protonated Zeolites for Nuclear Waste Disposal Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 18, 2014
Engineering Aspects of an Actinide/Lanthanide Separation Concept Based on the Oxidation of Americium Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 18, 2014The separation of Am from the lanthanides and curium is a key step in proposed advanced fuel cycle scenarios. The partitioning and transmutation of...
Namp Radiochemistry Webinars - an Online Educational Resource Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 18, 2014Several recently published reports have emphasized the predicted loss in the nation’s radiochemistry expertise as a significant portion of the...
The Hanford River Protection Project Reference Integrated Flowsheet Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 18, 2014Approximately 56 million gallons of radioactive and hazardous waste is stored in underground tank farms at Hanford in southeastern Washington State...
Process Development, Design, Construction and Operations - Thirty Years Working in the DOE Nuclear Chemical Complex Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 17, 2014
Nuclear Energy: Is there a future after Fukushima? Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 29, 2012The future of the global nuclear energy industry, while certainly not without its challenges, remains vibrant. Even as the industry contends with...
Time Dependent Implementation of Argonne's Model for Universal Solvent Extraction Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 18, 2011Argonne’s Model for Universal Solvent Extraction (AMUSE) simulates multi-stage aqueous solvent extraction processes for components of interest...
Nuclear Wind Hydrogen Systems for Variable Electricity and Hydrogen Production Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 16, 2011Nuclear Wind Hydrogen Systems For Variable Electricity and Hydrogen Production Charles Forsberg and Geoffrey Haratyk Massachusetts Institute of...
Clean Nuclear Energy Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 16, 2011This presentation will discuss nuclear energy.
What Does it Take to Address the Nation's Energy Challenges Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 8, 2009The nation is facing a renaissance in energy technology to include dramatic changes in transportation, electricity production, distribution and use,...
Nuclear Process Chemistry Tutorial - Session 4 Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2009Part IV of a two day tutorial on nuclear process chemistry is presented in four instruction sessions and two review/problem sessions. Purpose of the...
Nuclear Process Chemistry Tutorial - Session 3 Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2009Part III of a two day tutorial on nuclear process chemistry is presented in four instruction sessions and two review/problem sessions. Purpose of the...
Advances In Nuclear Fuel Processing And Nuclear Waste Management II Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2009Presentations that address recent improvements, or research and development studies, in nuclear fuel processing and nuclear waste management,...
Advances in Nuclear Fuel Processing and Nuclear Waste Management I Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2009Presentations that address recent improvements, or research and development studies, in nuclear fuel processing and nuclear waste management,...
Nuclear Process Chemistry Tutorial - Session 2 Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 27, 2009Part II of a two day tutorial on nuclear process chemistry is presented in four instruction sessions and two review/problem sessions. Purpose of the...
Westinghouse's Huge Loss Ends the Short-lived US Nuclear Renaissance March 7, 2017It's 2017 and America should be in the midst of a total, multi-state nuclear renaissance.
Treated Carbon Could Purify Fukushima Water January 23, 2017Researchers at Rice University and Kazan Federal University in Russia report that oxidatively modified carbon (OMC) presents a way to purify the hundreds of millions of gallons of contaminated
Nuclear Needs Help Surviving Against Cheap Natural Gas and Renewables July 13, 2016Nuclear reactors have had long, productive lives.
California Will Shut Down State's Last Nuclear Plant June 24, 2016Sitting on a scenic bluff overlooking the central California coast, Diablo Canyon, the state’s only remaining nuclear power plant, could close in 2025 after an agreement was br
My Neighborhood Radioactive Waste Dump February 22, 2016Like so many of us, I jog through my neighborhood in pursuit of 10,000 steps a day.
Opportunities for Young Professionals in the Nuclear Engineering Division January 7, 2016The Nuclear Engineering Division is the oldest of AIChE’s divisions. Learn more about what it offers and how you can get involved.
As Japan Starts Up First Nuke, Geothermal Boom Begins September 2, 2015Television viewers across Japan watched as workers in the control room of Kyushu Electric's Sendai nuclear reactor No.
Trouble at Japan's First Nuclear Restart August 27, 2015Four years after Japan locked down nuclear power in response to the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that wrecked the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant and forced 160,000 people to flee from their