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The MARC X Conference hosted a workshop for the scientific community to communicate needs for high-purity 233U and its by-products in order to preserve critical items otherwise slated for downblending and disposal. Currently, only small portions of the U.S. holdings of separated 233U are being preserved. However, many additional kilograms of 233U (>97 % pure) still are destined to be disposed, and it is unlikely that this material will ever be replaced due to a lack of operating production capability. Summaries of information conveyed at the workshop and feedback obtained from the scientific community are presented herein.
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Alan Krichinsky currently is an M&O Contractor to the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration Office of Nonproliferation and Arms Control.
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Krichinsky, A., Giaquinto, J. & Canaan, D. Preserving high-purity 233U. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 307, 2587–2592 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-016-4721-9
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