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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|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom G
Session Chair:
Fan Zhang
Alternate Chair:
Stylianos Chatzidakis
Session Organizer:
Syed Bahauddin Alam
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Non-Invasive Digitization of Existing Nuclear Power Plants
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Hank Strahley (Southern Nuclear), Harry Sim (Cypress Envirosystems)
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Advanced Cable Management Interface for the Monitoring of Cable Integrity in CANDU Nuclear Power Plants
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Ragasudha Vasudevan (Ontario Tech Univ.), Allan Ghaforian (Ontario Tech Univ.), Lixuan Lu (Ontario Tech Univ.)
A Data-Driven Approach to Core Power Distribution Reconstruction in a Nuclear Reactor
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Haoyu Wang (ANL), Roberto Ponciroli (ANL), Richard B. Vilim (ANL), Vasileios Theos (Purdue Univ.), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
Surrogate-Driven Variance-Based Sensitivity Analysis of Thermal Storage Tanks in Integrated Energy Systems
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Seydou Sene (Institut Polytechnique de Paris - ENSTA Paris), Linyu Lin (INL), Junyung Kim (INL), Majdi I. Radaideh (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Presented by Leo Tunkle (Univ. Michigan)
Robot Teleoperation for Efficient Pipe Maintenance in Nuclear Facilities
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Youndo Do (Georgia Tech), Cheng-Yuan Li (Georgia Tech), Myeongjun Choi (Georgia Tech), Fan Zhang (Georgia Tech)
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