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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Glass strategy: Hanford’s enhanced waste glass program
The mission of the Department of Energy’s Office of River Protection (ORP) is to complete the safe cleanup of waste resulting from decades of nuclear weapons development. One of the most technologically challenging responsibilities is the safe disposition of approximately 56 million gallons of radioactive waste historically stored in 177 tanks at the Hanford Site in Washington state.
ORP has a clear incentive to reduce the overall mission duration and cost. One pathway is to develop and deploy innovative technical solutions that can advance baseline flow sheets toward higher efficiency operations while reducing identified risks without compromising safety. Vitrification is the baseline process that will convert both high-level and low-level radioactive waste at Hanford into a stable glass waste form for long-term storage and disposal.
Although vitrification is a mature technology, there are key areas where technology can further reduce operational risks, advance baseline processes to maximize waste throughput, and provide the underpinning to enhance operational flexibility; all steps in reducing mission duration and cost.
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12:00–1:45PM EDT
Session Chair: Ronald L. Boring|Alternate Chair: Paula Savioja
Session Chair: Michael Muhlheim|Alternate Chair: Derek Halverson
Panel
Session Chair: Chad J. Kiger|Alternate Chair: James B. McConkey
Session Chair: Josh Daw|Alternate Chair: Fan Zhang
Session Chair: Brent D. Shumaker
Session Chair: Brenden Heidrich|Alternate Chair: Troy Unruh
2:15–4:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Torrey Mortenson|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Cody Walker|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Carol Smidts|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Zachary Spielman|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Derek Halverson|Alternate Chair: Michael Muhlheim
4:30–6:15PM EDT
Session Chair: Jacob Houser|Alternate Chair: William H. Ferrell
Session Chair: M. N. Ericson|Alternate Chair: Pradeep Ramuhalli
Session Chair: Sacit M. Cetiner|Alternate Chair: Pradeep Ramuhalli
Session Chair: Ahmad Al Rashdan|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Paul Hunton|Alternate Chair: Richard Wood
Session Chair: Fan Zhang|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Jeffrey C. Joe|Alternate Chair: David R. Desaulniers
Session Chair: Rodney Busquim|Alternate Chair: Fan Zhang
Session Chair: Graeme M. West|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Nesrin Cetiner|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Janos Eiler|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Ryan S. Flamand|Alternate Chair: Jeffrey C. Joe
Session Chair: Tunc Aldemir|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Fan Zhang|Alternate Chair: Jianghai Li
Session Chair: Miltiadis Alamaniotis|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Ted Quinn
Session Chair: Casey Kovesdi|Alternate Chair: Jeffrey C. Joe
Session Chair: Michael T. Rowland|Alternate Chair: Fan Zhang
Session Chair: Gyunyoung Heo|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Padhraic L. Mulligan|Alternate Chair: Josh Daw
Session Chair: Brent Shumaker|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Jason Remer|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
10:00–11:45AM EDT
Session Chair: Raymond L. Herb|Alternate Chair: Pareez Golub
Session Chair: Adam Deatherage|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Zhouxiang Fei|Alternate Chair: Hyun Gook Kang
Session Chair: Markus Porthin|Alternate Chair: Sung-Min Shin
Session Chair: Alexander H. Hashemian|Alternate Chair: Shawn N. Tyler
Session Chair: Katya Le Blanc|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
12:15–2:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Paula Savioja|Alternate Chair: Jeffrey C. Joe
Session Chair: MIke Waters|Alternate Chair: Raymond L. Herb
Session Chair: Fan Zhang|Alternate Chair: Richard T. Wood
Session Chair: Jacob Farber|Alternate Chair: Richard Wood