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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.
Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control & Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2025)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|3:15–5:15PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom E
Session Chair:
N. Dianne B. Ezell
Alternate Chair:
Hyun Gook Kang
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An Illustrative Top-Level Safety Assurance Case for an SMR
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Xueli Gao (Institute For Energy Technology, Norway), Peter Karpati (Institute For Energy Technology, Norway), Norbert Carte (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Presented by Rune Winther (IFE)
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Space Fission Instrumentation and Control Technology Gaps
3:35–3:55PM CDT
N. Dianne Bull Ezell (ORNL), Tyler Steiner (NASA GRC), Joshua Leblanc (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Jarvis Caffrey (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
Effective STPA Application Through Organizational Capability: Lessons Learned from Practical Applications
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Ankur Shukla (Institute for Energy Technology, Norway), Charlotte Vrangsund (Institute for Energy Technology, Norway), Xueli Gao (Institute for Energy Technology, Norway), Sizarta Sarshar (Institute for Energy Technology, Norway), Bjørn Axel Gran (Institute for Energy Technology, Norway)
Strain Monitoring with Embedded Fiberoptic Sensors and Modeling with Machine Learning (ML) Tools
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Matthew Laurent (Florida Int'l Univ.), Jorge Arias (Florida Int'l Univ.), Pedro Rodriguez (Florida Int'l Univ.), Benjamin Vargas (Florida Int'l Univ.), Sebastian Vargas (Florida Int'l Univ.), Ibrahim Tansel (Florida Int'l Univ.), Sabri Tosunoglu (Florida Int'l Univ.), Maria Gonzalez (Florida Int'l Univ.)
Instrumentation and Control Cable Design and Selection in Advanced Reactor Environments
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Patrick Ward (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), Codi Ferree (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), Trevor Toll (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), Adam Deatherage (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.)
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