Judith Cuta
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
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Biography
Since joining Battelle in 1975, Ms. Cuta's primary efforts to date have been in code development, applications, and support. Some of the specific programs Ms. Cuta has been involved with include: 1) support of general COBRA code development; 2) technical assistance to Nuclear Reactor Regulatory (NRR); 3) contributor on EPRI-sponsored task to develop a version of COBRA tailored to nuclear utilities' thermal-hydraulic analysis requirements; 4) development of experimental and analytical capabilities for two-phase flow analysis in microgravity; and 5) technical contributor to a development program for advanced two-fluid subchannel analysis code.
Education and Credentials
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State University, 1983
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Montana State University, 1974
Selected Publications
2007
- Senor DJ, CL Painter, KJ Geelhood, DW Wootan, GH Meriwether, JM Cuta, HE Adkins, DW Matson, and CP Abrego, II. 2007. A New Innovative Spherical Cermet Nuclear Fuel Element to Achieve an Ultra-Long Core Life for use in Grid-Appropriate LWRs. PNNL-16647, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2006
- Adkins HE, Jr, JM Cuta, BJ Koeppel, AD Guzman, and CS Bajwa. 2006. Spent Fuel Transportation Package Response to the Baltimore Tunnel Fire Scenario. PNNL-15313, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Brooks KP, BS Augspurger, DL Blanchard, JR, JM Cuta, SK Fiskum, and MR Thorson. 2006. "Hydraulic Testing of Ion Exchange Resins for Cesium Removal from Hanford Tank Waste ." Separation Science and Technology 41(11):2391-2408.
2002
- Wells BE, JM Cuta, SA Hartley, LA Mahoney, PA Meyer, and CW Stewart. 2002. Analysis of Induced Gas Released During Retrieval of Hanford Double-Shell Tank Waste. PNNL-13782, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Wells BE, JM Cuta, SA Hartley, LA Mahoney, PA Meyer, and CW Stewart. 2002. Analysis of Induced Gas Releases During Retrieval of Hanford Double-Shell Tank Waste. PNNL-13782 Rev. 1, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- McKinnon MA, JM Cuta, and UP Jenquin. 2002. "Effect of Loading Pattern on Thermal and Shielding Performance of a Spent Fuel Cask ." In Proceeding of the 8th International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation, ICEM'01, vol. 2, pp. 1199-1204. ASME International, New York.
- McKinnon MA, JM Cuta, and UP Jenquin. 2002. "Effect of Loading Pattern on Thermal and Shielding Performance of a Spent Fuel Cask." In International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE10), vol. 4, pp. 243-250. ASME , New York, NY.
2001
- Cuta JM, UP Jenquin, and MA McKinnon. 2001. Evaluation of Effect of Fuel Assembly Loading Patterns on Thermal and Shielding Performance of a Spent Fuel Storage/Transportation Cask. PNNL-13583, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2000
- Cuta JM, KG Carothers, DW Damschen, WL Kuhn, JA Lechelt, K Sathyanarayana, and LA Stauffer. 2000. Review of Waste Retrieval Sluicing System Operations and Data for Tanks 241-C-106 and 241-AY-102. PNNL-13319, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Rassat SD, CW Stewart, BE Wells, WL Kuhn, ZI Antoniak, JM Cuta, KP Recknagle, G Terrones, VV Viswanathan, JH Sukamto, and DP Mendoza. 2000. Dynamics of Crust Dissolution and Gas Release in Tank 241-SY-101. PNNL-13112, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
1999
- Stewart CW, SD Rassat, JH Sukamto, and JM Cuta. 1999. Buoyancy and Dissolution of the Floating Crust Layer in Tank 241-SY-101 During Transfer and Back-Dilution. PNNL-13040, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.