2014 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Chemical Engineering in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle I

This session includes papers that discuss recent advances in related to chemical processing within the nuclear fuel cycle and nuclear waste treatment areas. The focus is process development and experimentation.

Chair

Candido Pereira, Argonne National Laboratory

Co-Chairs

Robert Jubin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Michael Simpson, Idaho National Laboratory

Presentations

12:30 PM

(315a) Engineering Aspects of an Actinide/Lanthanide Separation Concept Based on the Oxidation of Americium
Jack D. Law, Troy G. Garn, Richard Tillotson, Bruce J. Mincher, Nicholas Schmitt, Mitchell Greenhalgh

01:00 PM

(315b) Electrodeposition of Fission Platinoids in Ionic Liquids for Nuclear Waste Management
Sujan Shrestha, Elizabeth J. Biddinger, Eriugen Gjoka, Tyrone K. Shillingford

01:30 PM

(315c) Use of Protonated Zeolites for Nuclear Waste Disposal
Prashant Bagri, Michael Simpson

02:00 PM

(315d) Adsorption of Iodine and Water on Molecular Sieve 3A
David W. DePaoli, Ronghong Lin, Yue Nan, Lawrence L. Tavlarides

02:30 PM

(315e) Understanding Melter Feed Rheology during Conversion to Glass: Effects of Foaming and Silica Dissolution
Jaehun Chun, Jose Marcial, Pavel Hrma, Michael Schweiger