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May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Supreme Court declines to hear case involving St. Louis contamination
The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday declined to hear an appeal from General Atomics subsidiary Cotter Corporation and Commonwealth Edison, an Exelon company, in a case over alleged radioactive contamination in the St. Louis, Mo., area, leaving in place an 8th Circuit Court ruling that allows the plaintiffs’ state-law tort claims to proceed under the federal Price-Anderson Act.
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Laguna A
Session Chairs:
Matthieu Duluc
Alex Salazar (SNL)
Session Organizer:
John D. Bess
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The Use of Multiple Water Barriers for Demonstrating Transport Criticality Safety of UK Spent Fuel for Disposal
Liam Payne (Nuclear Waste Services), Timothy W. Hicks (Galson Sciences), Robert M. Mason (Jacobs)
Paper
Post-Closure Canister Degradation Scenarios in Deep Geological Disposal: Preliminary Definition and Evaluation of Potential Impact on Reactivity
Nikitas Diomidis (Nagra), Susanne Pudollek (Nagra), Madalina Wittel (Nagra), Matthias Frankl (Paul Scherrer Institute), Alexander Vasiliev (Paul Scherrer Institute)
Analysis of Cementitious Fillers and Basket Modification Hardware for Post-Closure Criticality Mitigation
J.B. Clarity (PNNL), K. Banerjee (PNNL), L.P. Miller (PNNL)
Criticality Safety Assessment of Transport and Storage of Dross
Ju-Yuan Yeh (INL), Paul Sentieri (INL), Sean Cunningham (INL)
