Amanda Bachmann

Dr. Amanda M. Bachmann formally joined Argonne in January 2024 in the Reactor and Fuel Cycle Analysis Group. Her work focuses on the nuclear fuel cycle, including fuel availability and waste management, nonproliferation safeguards, and scientific computing. She is one of the primary developers for the Cyclus fuel cycle simulator. She completed her PhD in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2023, with some of her research completed while a Visiting Student at Argonne. Outside of technical work, Dr. Bachmann is active in the American Nuclear Society and U.S. Women in Nuclear.

Education 

• PhD, Nuclear, Plasma, Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2023
• MS, Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2020
• BS, Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2019

Journal Publications

• A. M. Bachmann, O. Yardas, and M. Munk. An Open-Source Coupling for Depletion During Fuel Cycle Modeling. Nuclear Science and Engineering, 0(0):1–14, Sept. 2024. Publisher: Taylor & Francis eprint: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​8​0​/​0​0​2​9​5​6​3​9​.​2​0​2​4​.​2​3​93940
• A. M. Bachmann, R. Fairhurst-Agosta, Z. Richter, N. Ryan, and M. Munk. Enrichment dynamics for advanced reactor HALEU support. EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies, 7:22, 2021. Publisher: EDP Sciences. URL: https://​www​.epjn​.org/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​s​/​e​p​j​n​/​a​b​s​/​2​0​2​1​/​0​1​/​e​p​j​n​2​1​0​0​2​4​/​e​p​j​n​2​1​0​0​24.ht…
• A. M. Bachmann, J. B. Coble, and S. E. Skutnik. Comparison and uncertainty of multivariate modeling techniques to characterize used nuclear fuel. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 991:164994, Mar. 2021. URL: http://​www​.sci​encedi​rect​.com/​s​c​i​e​n​c​e​/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​p​i​i​/​S​0​1​6​8​9​0​0​2​2​0​3​13917

Select Conference Proceedings and Presentations

• A. M. Bachmann, S. Richards, B. Feng, K. Nishihara, and T. Abe. Initial Verification of Cyclus and NMB Fuel Cycle Simulators. Oct. 2024. 
• A. M. Bachmann, S. R. Johnson, S. W. D. Hart, E. Biondo, and T. M. Evans. Investigation of Doppler Broadening Methods within the Shift Monte Carlo Radiation Transport Code. In Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, volume 130, pages 470–473, Las Vegas, NV, June 2024. American Nuclear Society. URL: https://​www​.ans​.org/​p​u​b​s​/​t​r​a​n​s​a​c​t​i​o​n​s​/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​-​5​6044/
• A. M. Bachmann, S. Richards, M. Munk, and B. Feng. Sensitivity analysis of fuel cycle transitions using Cyclus-Dakota. In Proceedings of the International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, pages 526–532, Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 2022. URL: https://​www​.ans​.org/​p​u​b​s​/​p​r​o​c​e​e​d​i​n​g​s​/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​-​5​2725/
• N. Gilliam, S. E. Skutnik, J. B. Coble, A. M. Bachmann, M. P. Cooper, and J. T. Mitchell. Source Term Development and Radiological Signature Analysis for Simulation in Electrochemical Reprocessing Safeguards. In Transactions of the American Nuclear Soceity Winter Meeting, volume 119, pages 92–95, Orlando, FL, Nov. 2018. American Nuclear Society. URL: http://​epubs​.ans​.org/​?​a​=​44162

Honors & Awards

• ANS Mathematics and Computation Division Best Paper and Presentation Annual Meeting, 2024
• American Nuclear Society Presidential Citation, 2022
• U.S. WIN Region II Leadership Award, 2019
• Girl Scout Gold Award, 2015