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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.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) SPeaker
Founder of nuclear energy start-up Karnfull (“The World’s most Innovative Nuclear Start-Up” / WNE23) and an award-winning entrepreneur, marketeer and tech evangelist – with a knack for storytelling and building products and services that put the user experience center stage.
After 10+ years of management positions in FinTech with neobanks disrupting and improving the UX in traditional banking services, John decided to carry that mindset across into the carbon-free energy space to reboot the atomic era in Sweden and beyond.
With Karnfull he’s rapidly built a brand and company group that accelerates, popularises and enhances nuclear in order for it to play its pivotal role in the Nordic region reaching Paris goals.
Karnfull Energy is the digital-first electricity supplier disrupting Scandinavian markets with affordable, hourly-variable 100% nuclear tariffs. Karnfull Next is Europe’s first SMR project developer, establishing co-located SMR campuses across Sweden.
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