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SUMMARY:Advanced Materials and Processes for Application to the Back-end o
 f the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
DTSTART:20171101T213000Z
DTEND:20171101T220000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Vittorio Luca (Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómi
 ca)\n\nThe nuclear industry generates a wide variety of radioactive waste 
 streams during reactor operations and maintenance and in virtually all par
 ts of the fuel cycle. In order to improve the sustainability of the indust
 ry it is necessary to develop improved methods and processes for treating\
 , conditioning and disposing of this waste. The talk will provide an overv
 iew of research being conducted at the Comisión Nacional de Energía Ató
 mica emphasizing the development of novel solid-extractants with the abili
 ty to selectively extract radionuclides from complex solutions and with co
 mpositions that facilitate end-of-life management by being able to be conv
 erted to extremely stable ceramics. Topics to be covered will include 1) a
  proposed process for the conversion of spent polymeric ion exchange resin
 s to stable pyropolymer and carbon materials and their subsequent immobili
 zation\, 2) synthesis of coordination polymers suitable for the selective 
 extraction of radiolanthanides and their subsequent immobilization\, 3) po
 tential new targets for a cleaner production of Mo-99 and 4) the use of ph
 enolic resins as matrices for spent organic and inorganic ion exchange med
 ia.\n\nhttps://events.synchrotron.org.au/event/51/contributions/1174/
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URL:https://events.synchrotron.org.au/event/51/contributions/1174/
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