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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.
10:00–11:40AM CDT
Grand Salon AB
Session Chair: Tracy Stover|Alternate Chair: Brittany M. Williamson
1:00–2:40PM CDT
Session Chair: Satoshi Gunji|Alternate Chair: Brittany M. Williamson
3:15–4:55PM CDT
Grand Salon DE
Session Chair: Zachariah R. Lemke|Alternate Chair: John D. Bess
Session Chair: Kristin Stolte|Alternate Chair: Rowdy Davis
8:00–9:40AM CDT
Session Chair: Michael Zerkle|Alternate Chair: Ashley Raster
Session Chair: Rowdy Davis|Alternate Chair: Jesson D. Hutchinson
Session Chair: Chris Chapman|Alternate Chair: Travis M. Greene
Session Chairs: Luiz C. Leal, Aurelie Bardelay
Session Chair: Natalie Cannon|Alternate Chair: Jesson D. Hutchinson
Session Chair: Alan Yamanaka|Alternate Chair: Brandon Jenkins
Session Chair: Jesse Brown|Alternate Chair: Ashley Raster
Session Chair: Rowan Johnson|Alternate Chair: Zachariah R. Lemke
Session Chair: Jeongwon Seo|Alternate Chair: Michael E. Rising
Session Chair: Donna Nuttall|Alternate Chair: Luiz C. Leal
Session Chair: Charlotte Davis|Alternate Chair: Luiz C. Leal
Session Chair: Mandy Bowles Tomaszewski|Alternate Chair: Adam Walker
Session Chair: Cole Kolstelac|Alternate Chair: Jesson D. Hutchinson
Session Chair: Andrew Holcomb|Alternate Chair: Alex Shaw
Session Chair: Amy E. van der Vyver|Alternate Chair: John A. Miller
Session Chair: Peter Brain|Alternate Chair: Rowdy Davis
Session Chair: James R. Cole|Alternate Chair: Brittany Williamson
