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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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WIPP: Lessons in transportation safety
As part of a future consent-based approach by the federal government to site new deep geologic repositories for nuclear waste, local communities and states that are considering hosting such facilities are sure to have many questions. Currently, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico is the only example of such a repository in operation, and it offers the opportunity for state and local officials to visit and judge for themselves the risks and benefits of hosting a similar facility. But its history can also provide lessons for these officials, particularly the political process leading up to the opening of WIPP, the safety of WIPP operations and transportation of waste from generator facilities to the site, and the economic impacts the project has had on the local area of Carlsbad, as well as the rest of the state of New Mexico.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Fuel Cycle and Waste Management
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Palm C
Session Chair:
Amanda Bachmann (ANL)
Alternate Chair:
Kathryn Mummah (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
Session Organizers:
Joohyun Moon (Dankook University)
Vivek P. Utgikar (Univ. Idaho)
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Conceptual Design of a Fission Batteries Process (FIBAPRO) Facility
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Lucas Lallemant (Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nucléaires), Jacopo Buongiorno (MIT), Shafiqul Islam (Univ. Dhaka)
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Introduction of Fusion Reactor as Transmutation System for Minor Actinides and Fission Product
1:20–1:40PM PDT
Hidetoshi Hashizume (Tohoku Univ.), Hiroki Shishido (Tohoku Univ.)
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