Off-Gas Monitoring for Fuel Dissolution

Author(s)Robert Lascola, Will Wetzel

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In this interview segment, Rob Lascola discusses how Raman spectroscopy complements other techniques in fuel dissolution and solvent extraction and what Raman can detect in off-gas streams.

At the 2025 SciX Conference, which took place in Covington, Kentucky, Rob Lascola, a Senior Fellow Scientist at Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL, Jackson, South Carolina), delivered a presentation titled, “Applications of Raman Spectroscopy For Monitoring and Understanding of Nuclear Materials Processing” (1). Lascola discussed how the use of Raman spectroscopy is key to monitoring and optimizing spent nuclear fuel processing.