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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.
Technical Session
Tuesday, October 5, 2021|10:40AM–12:20PM EDT
Session Chair:
Joshua Hykes (Studsvik Scandpower)
Session Organizers:
Benoit Forget (MIT)
William Wieselquist (ORNL)
Student Producer:
Joe Coale (NC State Univ.)
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Physics-Informed Deep Learning Neural Network Solution to the Neutron Diffusion Model
10:40–11:05AM EDT
Mohamed H. Elhareef (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Yu Ma (Sun Yat-sen Univ.)
Paper
Improving Whole-Core Calculations by Bayesian Inference From Single-Assembly Measured Reactivity Weights
11:05–11:30AM EDT
P.-L. Alzieu (CEA), G. Truchet (CEA), J. Tommasi (CEA)
Investigation Into the Use of Machine Learning Assisted Prediction of Nodal Parameters for Reduced Order Neutronic Simulation Models
11:30–11:55AM EDT
Madhumitha Ravichandran (MIT), Cole A. Gentry (ORNL), Matteo Bucci (MIT)
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Improved Rational Approximation for Spatially-Dependent Resonance Self-Shielding in CASMO5
11:55AM–12:20PM EDT
Rodolfo Ferrer (Studsvik Scandpower), Joshua Hykes (Studsvik Scandpower)
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