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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
Thursday, September 18, 2025|8:00–9:40AM CDT|Grand Salon DE
Session Chair:
James R. Cole
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Brittany Williamson
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Development and Implementation of a Nuclear and Criticality Safety Engineering Pipeline Course at North Carolina State University
8:00–8:20AM CDT
Tracy E. Stover (SRNL)
Paper
NCS Mentorship - Sandia Perspective, Lessons Learned, and Growth
8:20–8:40AM CDT
Andres Morell-Pacheco (Sandia), Ashley R. Raster (Sandia), James R. Cole (Sandia), John A. Miller (Sandia)
Formation of the UK Early-Careers Criticality Safety Network
8:40–9:00AM CDT
Jennifer H. Bateman (Sellafield), Jacob Willday (Sellafield), Holleigh Pearson (Urenco Capenhurst), Emma Sayce (Nuclear Transport Solutions), Nathan Sayle (United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory), Roksana Grzelak (NRS Dounreay), Tim Harris (Nuclear Waste Services), Paul Hunter (AWE), Harry Lester (Rolls-Royce), Callum Eldridge (Galson Sciences)
Progress on Implementing a Subcritical Assembly at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for Nuclear Criticality Safety Training
9:00–9:20AM CDT
Alexander Lang (ORNL), Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL), Mathieu Dupont (ORNL), Walid A. Metwally (ORNL), Veronica V. Karriem (ORNL)
A Digital Compilation of Nuclear Criticality Papers from the American Nuclear Society Transactions Published from 1958 through 1999
9:20–9:40AM CDT
Brian L. Koponen (Golden Valley Publications), John Fabian (ANS)
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