Bio

Andrew Wilcox earned an M.S. in nuclear engineering from Texas A&M University in May of 2018. He worked with Dr. Burns to explore a simple reprocessing technique called co-crystallization to separate the elements U, Pu, Np, and Am, which could be reused as fuel, from the remaining used nuclear fuel. This co-crystallization technique could contribute significantly to reducing both the amount of waste currently stored, mostly at reactor sites, as well as waste that would be produced in the future. Wilcox grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico and graduated from The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in 2016 with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering.