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Support for Students, Postdoctoral Fellows and Trainees to Attend Radiochemistry-Related Symposia at Pacifichem 2020

This project was undertaken to help meet the need for training personnel who will be involved in professional careers requiring knowledge of radiochemistry, such as those working in radionuclide production, and in biological, industrial, medical and environmental fields that use radionuclides in their work. The goal of the project was to provide financial assistance to students and trainees from US academic and government institutions to attend selected radiochemistry related symposia at the Pacifichem 2020 meeting, which was to be held in Honolulu, Hawaii in December 2020. The funding, meant to provide a portion of an awardee’s travel cost, was specifically directed at awardees attendance to the following symposia: #190, Advancements in Isotope production-Providing Important Materials for Research and Applications; #180, Advancements in the Chemistry of Targeted Alpha Therapy, and #178, The Chemistry of 18 F, 11 C and Radiometal-based Probes for Molecular Imaging & Precision Medicine. It was/is believed that attendance of students/postdocs at the meeting would point out the critical role radiochemistry and radionuclides can have in the development of future diagnostic and therapeutic agents which would stimulate student interest in radiochemistry, and thus, provide support for making, or an impetus to make, this technical area a career choice.

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WM2024 Symposia Student Poster - ARG-US System Remote Area Monitoring at INL Experimental Proxy Design and Early Results

The patent-pending ARG-US system uses customizable high-tech sensors and monitoring systems in conjunction with a remote network connection to provide easy and quick access to the status of nuclear and radiological facilities and storage containers. In a partnership with the Argonne National Laboratory and the Idaho National Laboratory, the research team are finding new ways to customize and test the limitations the ARG-US system. This presentation is for the student poster session.

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Targeted protein degradation: from small molecules to complex organelles—a Keystone Symposia report

Targeted protein degradation is critical for proper cellular function and development. Protein degradation pathways, such as the ubiquitin proteasomes system, autophagy, and endosome–lysosome pathway, must be tightly regulated to ensure proper elimination of misfolded and aggregated proteins and regulate changing protein levels during cellular differentiation, while ensuring that normal proteins remain unscathed. Protein degradation pathways have also garnered interest as a means to selectively eliminate target proteins that may be difficult to inhibit via other mechanisms. Additionally, on June 7 and 8, 2021, several experts in protein degradation pathways met virtually for the Keystone eSymposium “Targeting protein degradation: from small molecules to complex organelles.” The event brought together researchers working in different protein degradation pathways in an effort to begin to develop a holistic, integrated vision of protein degradation that incorporates all the major pathways to understand how changes in them can lead to disease pathology and, alternatively, how they can be leveraged for novel therapeutics.

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The Annual Phenomenology Symposia (Final Report)

PITT PACC once again successfully held the 3-day “Phenomenology 2019 Symposium”, during May 6-8, 2019. There were 296 registrants from 28 States, 20 countries. The high-quality plenary program brought the participants to the most updated cutting-edge research by the world leading experts in particle physics, astro-particle physics and cosmology. The 182 talks in the parallel sessions offer a great forum for presenting specific research results, especially for students and postdocs. A special career development forum was held for the 150 student participants. Pheno 2020 will take place during May 4-6, 2020, and the preparation is under way.

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Conference Report on the 7th International Symposium on Liquid metals Applications for fusion (ISLA-7)

Supported by the world magnetic fusion research community, a series of International Symposia on Liquid metals Applications for fusion (ISLA) have been held biannually since 2010. The 7th edition (ISLA-7) was held for the period from 12 December through 16 December 2022, at Chubu University located in Kasugai, Aichi, Japan. For the first time in the history of this series of symposia, ISLA-7 was held in a hybrid fashion, due to the COVID-19 situation. The total number of the participants was 60, 34 out of whom attended the symposium in person, and the rest participated online. As to the presentation statistics, 29 papers were presented in person, whereas 21 presentations were delivered online but real-time by the presenters in China, Spain, the UK, and the USA. Both of the presentations delivered in person and online were recorded, and the video has been shared by all participants. These participants represent 11 countries: China, Czech, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Netherlands, Russia, Thailand, the UK, and the USA. All these numbers are among the largest in this series of symposia. Covered by these presentations are; in session-2, program overviews and liquid metal research review; in session-3, liquid metal flows, and MHD issues; in session-4, liquid metal facilities; in sessions-5 and 6, liquid metal experiments and modeling; in session-7, divertor physics and heat flux mitigation; in session-8, plasma and liquid metals interactions; in session-9 liquid metal plasma-facing components, erosion, and wettability. In addition, there were an opening session whereby several opening addresses were delivered and also a closing session where all technical session summaries were presented by the respective session chairs.

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Symposium: Quantum Theory, Quantum Materials, Quantum Computing (Final Report, DE-SC0022551)

Quantum mechanics is fundamental to understanding, predicting, and controlling many physical processes in a vast range of scientific and technological areas. In molecules and materials, the quantum mechanics of Coulombic many-body systems determines far more than the ground state and bulk properties. Quantum mechanics governs magnetism, electron and spin transport, chemical reactions and catalysis, superconductivity, photosynthesis, etc. Each plays a vital role in modern society. As digital technologies push both temporal and length-scale limits, fundamental quantum principles become the current focus for a new class of technologies: quantum computing, quantum sensing, quantum encryption, etc. This oncoming quantum information sciences wave is manifest recently in frontier foci of all six Department of Energy Office of Science programs. The Sanibel Symposium offers a proven, influential platform for facilitating and advancing cross-fertilization among theoretical and computational chemists and physicists, computer scientists, and materials engineers. The Symposia have a long, successful record of driving progress on theory and computation of materials, nanostructures, and their molecular constituents. The Symposia thus are well-suited for advancing the quantum information science thrust in the Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES). With that QIS thrust as the focus, we propose five sessions of the 61st Sanibel Symposium on the theme Quantum Theory, Quantum Materials, Quantum Computing. From a longer perspective, this thematic program for 2022 is the second year of a five year plan of program segments addressed at challenges in quantum information sciences and quantum materials. The rest of the Symposium program will be of considerable relevance, with, for example, sessions on quantum molecular and material dynamics, and new directions in coupled cluster theory. New ideas for methods and applications can be expected to emerge from the stimulus of the formal presentations and informal discussions. The proposed award is targeted at students, post-docs, and junior scientists. Conscious effort, characteristic of the Sanibel Symposia, to stimulate the participation of women and under-represented minorities will continue.

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Advancing Development and Application of Superalloys

This JOM topic is sponsored by the High Temperature Alloys Committee of TMS and addresses advances in the development and application of superalloys. Each year, the High Temperature Alloys Committee organizes symposia at the TMS and Materials Science and Technology annual meetings. In 2020, two symposia were organized for the TMS annual meeting on February 23–27 in San Diego, CA: Materials Design Approaches & Experiences V, co-sponsored by the Integrated Computational Materials Engineering Committee and Advancing Current and State-of-the-Art Applications of Ni- and Co-base Superalloys, co-sponsored by the Corrosion and Environmental Effects Committee. Later this year, the 14th International Symposium on Superalloys will be held on September 13-17 in Seven Springs, PA. The conference, held every 4 years, convenes members of the superalloy community to discuss recent challenges and discoveries affecting future performance and use of superalloys. The TMS High Temperature Alloys Committee meets at both the TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition and the annual Materials Science and Technology conference. The meetings are open to anyone interested in high-temperature alloys. This special topic on Advancing Development and Application of Superalloys includes a range of sub-topics including mechanical performance, corrosion resistance, processing and advanced manufacturing techniques, which were submitted by research groups from industry, national laboratories and universities.

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Support for the 19th International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy

This project provided financial support for early career participants who attended the 19th International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ICCGE-19) which was held jointly with the 19th U.S. Biennial Workshop on Organometallic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (OMVPE-19) July 28-August 2, 2019 at the Keystone Conference Center, Keystone, Colorado USA. ICCGE-19/OMVPE-19 consisted of technical sessions for presentation and discussion of recent research and development activities in all aspects of crystal growth, epitaxy, characterization and applications including both general sessions and special topical symposia. Three specialized symposia were also held in conjunction with the meeting: the 4th Symposium on 2D Materials and other Low Dimensional Materials and Devices, the 2nd Symposium on Epitaxy of Complex Oxides, and the 2nd Symposium on Ferroelectric Crystals and Textured Ceramics. There were 639 attendees at the conference from 31 countries, including 50% from the U.S., 20% from Europe, 19% from Japan and 4.5% from China.

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Quantum Theory, Quantum Materials, Quantum Computing

The Sanibel Symposium series is renowned amongst materials theorists, quantum chemists, and condensed matter physicists as meetings driving progress on theory, mod eling, and simulation of materials and their molecular and nano-scale constituents. The Symposia are highly unusual (perhaps unique) in their priority emphasis on theory and computation, in having no parallel sessions, in cultivating well-attended Hot-Topic contributed oral sessions, and accessible poster sessions. These provide highly visible, influential platforms for cross-fertilization among specialist investigators, hence are strong contributors to the advance of quantum information sciences (QIS) research of strategic importance to the Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES). As part of a five-year plan to highlight QIS challenges and opportunities and foster progress on them, each of the pre ceding three Sanibel Symposia had a thematic focus, Quantum Theory, Quantum Materi als, Quantum Computing, as a major program component. Emphasis was on quantum materials and their molecular constituents. The award for 2024 was for year four of that sustained thematic focus.

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Advanced Reactor Licensing

This is the licensing presentation for the Waste Management Symposia 2023. It covers licensing activities, LMP, and manufacturing licenses.

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Meeting Report on the 3rd Chinese American Society for Mass Spectrometry Conference—Advancing Biological and Pharmaceutical Mass Spectrometry

Following the highly successful Chinese American Society for Mass Spectrometry (CASMS) conferences in the previous 2 years, the 3rd CASMS Conference was held virtually on August 28–31, 2023, using the Gather. Town platform to bring together scientists in the MS field. The conference offered a 4-day agenda with a scientific program consisting of two plenary lectures, and 14 parallel symposia in which a total of 70 speakers presented technological innovations and their applications in proteomics and biological MS and metabo-lipidomics and pharmaceutical MS. In addition, 16 invited speakers/panelists presented at two research-focused and three career development workshops. Moreover, 86 posters, 12 lightning talks, 3 sponsored workshops, and 11 exhibitions were presented, from which 9 poster awards and 2 lightning talk awards were selected. Furthermore, the conference featured four young investigator awardees to highlight early-career achievements in MS from our society. In conclusion, the conference provided a unique scientific platform for young scientists (i.e. graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty/investigators) to present their research, meet with prominent scientists, learn about career development, and job opportunities (http://casms.org).

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American Chemical Society's summer school in nuclear and radiochemistry. Final report

The ACS Summer Schools in Nuclear and Radiochemistry (herein called “Summer Schools”) were held each year at San Jose State University (SJSU) and Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). The Summer Schools are an intensive, six-week program that includes both a lecture component covering fundamental principles of nuclear chemistry and radiochemistry and a laboratory component providing hands-on experience for the students to observe and test many of the basic principles that they learn about in lecture and in the special seminars. Each site hosts 12 undergraduate students annually. Participants are selected from a nation-wide pool of applicants who are currently enrolled as undergraduates seeking bachelors’ degrees, preferably in disciplines of physical sciences or engineering. To broaden the students’ perspectives on nuclear science, prominent research scientists active in nuclear and/or radiochemical research participate in a Guest Lecture Series. Symposia emphasizing nuclear security, nuclear medicine, and career opportunities are conducted as a part of the program.

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Electric Grid Security FY23 Annual Report

During this fiscal year, Sandia contributed to research and development to modernize the grid and advance grid technologies, received prestigious professional and technical recognitions and organized multiple technical symposia.

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Summary of the the 11th Symposium of the International Society of Root Research

11th Symposium of the International Society of Root Research (ISRR11) and the 9th International Symposium on Root Development (Rooting2021) - Root Biology Never Sleeps virtual meeting May 24 - 28. These meetings are generally held in separate years. However, because of travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the organizing committees of both symposia decided to host the two meetings as a fully-joint and virtual-only conference. Various time zones were considered when developing the schedule, as live interactions was an important focus. Scientific sessions were held from 3 a.m. to 10 p.m. US Central Daylight Time (CDT) to meet the international demand. More than 700 participants from 52 countries virtually attend both events which featured 74 talks in 16 sessions including: 10 plenary lectures, 16 keynote speakers and 48 selected talks. Additionally, nearly 300 posters were presented in nine poster sessions. The meeting also featured an Ambassador Program with 21 ambassadors from 10 countries. These ambassadors organized a half-day pre-symposium workshop and produced a review of the meeting for “New Phytologist”. The meeting also awarded a Lifetime Award to Dr. Wendy Silk (Prof. Emerita University of California, Davis). Committee Members: • Bob Sharp (Chair) – University of Missouri • Felix Fritschi (Chair, Int’l Program Committee) – University of Missouri • David Braun – University of Missouri • Vicki Bryan – University of Missouri • Rich Ferrieri – University of Missouri • Laura Greeley – University of Missouri (postdoctoral representative) • Ali Housh – University of Missouri (graduate student representative) • Allison Miller – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and St Louis University • Mel Oliver – University of Missouri • Jonathan Stemmle – University of Missouri • Gus Thies – University of Missouri & Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (graduate student representative) • Chris Topp - Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

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Validation Testing for Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment Equipment Removal and Disposal Techniques

The Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE) will be the first reactor featuring a fast-spectrum molten chloride circulating nuclear fuel system in the world. Planning for equipment removal and disposal (ERD) of MCRE has identified several technology gaps due to the unique environment of this nuclear experiment. Some of the gaps arise from the application of existing disassembly and/or sizing methods to novel material forms or in novel configurations. Others arise from unknown material behavior. This paper summarizes proposed test plans for ERD validation experiments to address these complicated or unknown equipment removal procedures. At the Waste Management Symposia in 2024, the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) MCRE ERD team presented the challenges associated with hosting multiple nuclear experiments in series with only brief transition periods between systems. Such difficulties include higher dose rates, the presence of radioisotopes infrequently encountered in reactor decommissioning and radioactive waste management, lack of intrinsic remote-operations infrastructure in the test bed, space constraints in the test bed, and contamination minimization requirements. To address these challenges, remote or semi-remote technologies are planned to be implemented in a non-hot cell environment with limited space availability. The team also discussed how a systems engineering approach is being used for conceptual development and design of equipment removal systems to address these challenges. For example, to reduce constraints for the removal of more difficult components, non-activated, noncontaminated elements are planned to be taken out first where possible. Still, there are complexities associated with the remaining components. In this work, the operational framework for MCRE ERD was reviewed for technical gaps and open questions, and test plans were drafted to address these areas. The tests plans were written for the following categories: vision systems, pipe cutting, drill/grout/filler, flush salt, and miscellaneous, with the miscellaneous group consisting of tests like techniques for removing bearings and reflector bricks. The test plans explore material, infrastructure, and staffing requirements needed for test execution. The test plans additionally focus on the evaluation of success. Determining the outcome of a test is imperative - as these explorative actions have the potential to rearrange or re-scope planned ERD activities. Success criteria identified thus far include required tool output, required area(s), debris production and mitigation, and repeatability. Test plans are an essential aspect of the systems engineering approach to MCRE ERD. They are used as the beginning steps in defining use cases for the ERD system. Performance of the validation tests is expected to begin in the summer of 2025 and will take approximately 9 to 12 months to complete. Execution of these plans will be expedited by specifying test needs ahead of time, facilitating efficient interactions with any subcontractors tasked with running the requested tests. Evaluating the outcomes of these tests will inform MCRE ERD procedures and timing and will also identify additional technical constraints for the MCRE ERD System. This upfront process optimization effort will help the project save time and resources at the end of the experiment.

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