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May 31–June 3, 2026
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Advanced Decommissioning Partners, a joint venture of NorthStar Group Services and Orano USA, is set to complete major decommissioning activities at Crystal River-3 nuclear power plant in Florida this summer, according to the license termination plan (LTP) the company submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)
Technical Session|Panel
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|8:00–9:45AM PDT|Laguna A
Session Chairs:
Kaushik Banerjee (PNNL)
Justin B. Clarity (PNNL)
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In this panel session, each panelist will discuss their country-specific approach to post-closure criticality safety in view of the final geological disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. The discussion will include and reflect key topics presently being considered by the new international, waste management organization (WMO)-level collaboration initiative on post-closure criticality safety under the IGD-TP framework (https://igdtp.eu/). Each speaker will give a 10-minute summary with a Q&A afterwards.
Anssu Ranta-aho
Posiva/TVO, Finland
Adrien Feuerle
Andra, France
Fabian Sommer
GRS, Germany
Fredrik Johansson
SKB, Sweden
Madalina Wittel
Nagra, Switzerland
Liam Payne
RWM, UK
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International Approaches to Postclosure Criticality Safety -- United States
Laura Price (Sandia)
Presented by Kaushik Banerjee (PNNL)
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International Approaches to Post-Closure Criticality Safety -- German Perspective
Robert Kilger (GRS)
Presented by Fabian Sommer (GRS)
International Approaches to Post-Closure Criticality Safety -- French Agency Strategy
A. Feuerle (Andra), M. Rallier du Baty (Andra)
International Approaches to Post-Closure Criticality Safety -- UK Perspective
Liam Payne (Nuclear Waste Services)
International Approaches to Post-Closure Criticality Safety -- Swedish Strategy
Fredrik Johansson (Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Mgmt. Co.)
International Approaches to Post-Closure Criticality Safety -- Finnish Approach
Anssu Ranta-aho (Teollisuuden Voima Oyj)
International Approaches to Post-Closure Criticality Safety: Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste Perspective
Madalina Wittel (Nagra), Susanne Pudollek (Nagra)
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