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Sandia to put nuclear waste storage canisters to the test

December 9, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is outfitting three 22.5-ton, 16.5-feet-long stainless-steel storage canisters with heaters and instrumentation to simulate nuclear waste so researchers can study their durability. The three canisters, which arrived in mid-November and have never contained any nuclear materials, will be used to study how much salt...

Categories: Chemistry, Energy / Environment / Water, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: chloride-induced stress corrosion cracking, corrosion, dry storage canister, dry storage cask, Nuclear energy, nuclear waste, salt, spent fuel

Hispanic organization honors nuclear waste management leader, cyber assurance architect

October 15, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two experts at Sandia National Laboratories have been honored for their achievements and leadership as top engineers and scientists from the Hispanic community. Evaristo “Tito” Bonano, nuclear energy fuel cycle senior manager, and cyber assurance architect Angela “Ang” Rivas were recognized at the 32nd annual Hispanic Engineer...

Categories: Awards, Energy / Environment / Water, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: diversity, HENAAC, Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference, nuclear waste, nuclear waste management, software security, STEM

Study could help improve nuclear waste repositories

September 19, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Here’s the question faced by a team of Sandia National Laboratories researchers: How fast will iodine-129 released from spent nuclear fuel move through a deep, clay-based geological repository?Understanding that process is crucial as countries worldwi…

Categories: Chemistry, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: chemistry, nuclear waste, Sandia, waste repositories