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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Glass strategy: Hanford’s enhanced waste glass program
The mission of the Department of Energy’s Office of River Protection (ORP) is to complete the safe cleanup of waste resulting from decades of nuclear weapons development. One of the most technologically challenging responsibilities is the safe disposition of approximately 56 million gallons of radioactive waste historically stored in 177 tanks at the Hanford Site in Washington state.
ORP has a clear incentive to reduce the overall mission duration and cost. One pathway is to develop and deploy innovative technical solutions that can advance baseline flow sheets toward higher efficiency operations while reducing identified risks without compromising safety. Vitrification is the baseline process that will convert both high-level and low-level radioactive waste at Hanford into a stable glass waste form for long-term storage and disposal.
Although vitrification is a mature technology, there are key areas where technology can further reduce operational risks, advance baseline processes to maximize waste throughput, and provide the underpinning to enhance operational flexibility; all steps in reducing mission duration and cost.
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1:00–2:45PM EDT
300C|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods (Advanced Methods and Tools)
Session Chair: Carol Smidts|Alternate Chair: John E. Weglian
300A|PSA Analyses: Methods and Applications
Session Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa|Alternate Chair: Man Cheol Kim
300B|PSA Analyses: Methods and Applications
Session Chair: Dave Grabaskas|Alternate Chair: Michelle Bensi
Panel|300D|PSA Panels
Session Chair: Amanda Spalding|Alternate Chair: Askin Guler Yigitoglu
3:15–5:00PM EDT
300A|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods (Advanced Methods and Tools)
Session Chair: Nathan Siu|Alternate Chair: Camille Levine
300B|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods (Advanced Methods and Tools)
Session Chair: Man Cheol Kim|Alternate Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa
Session Chairs: Askin Guler Yigitoglu, Katrina Groth
300C|PSA Student Competition
Session Chairs: Xingang Zhao, Mihai A. Diaconeasa
10:00–11:45AM EDT
Session Chair: Curtis L. Smith|Alternate Chair: Valentin Rychkov
Session Chair: Askin Guler Yigitoglu|Alternate Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa
Session Chair: Sai Zhang|Alternate Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa
Session Chair: Eric A. Thornsbury
Session Chair: Alexander J. Huning|Alternate Chair: Michael D. Muhlheim
Session Chair: Hyun Gook Kang|Alternate Chair: Lee T. Maccarone
300A|PSA Analyses: Methods and Applications|Cosponsored by NPIC&HMIT
Session Chair: Katrina Groth|Alternate Chair: Sai Zhang
Session Chair: Michelle Bensi|Alternate Chair: Mohammad Modarres
Session Chair: Cory Ball|Alternate Chair: Alexander J. Huning
Panel|300C|PSA Student Competition
Session Chair: Katrina M. Groth|Alternate Chair: Vincent P. Paglioni
Session Chair: Hyun Gook Kang|Alternate Chair: Valentin Rychkov
300C|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods (Advanced Methods and Tools)|Cosponsored by NPIC&HMIT
Session Chair: Sai Zhang|Alternate Chair: Xingang Zhao
Session Chair: Andrea Maioli|Alternate Chair: Heather L. Detar
Session Chair: Svetlana (Lana) Lawrence|Alternate Chair: Vivek Agarwal
Session Chair: Mehdi Reisi Fard|Alternate Chair: Yunfei Zhao
Session Chair: Alexander J. Huning|Alternate Chair: Askin Guler Yigitoglu
Panel|300D|PSA Panels|Cosponsored by NPIC&HMIT
Session Chair: Vaibhav Yadav|Alternate Chair: Michael D. Muhlheim
300A|Standards/Regulations/Training
Session Chair: David S. Grabaskas|Alternate Chair: Svetlana Lawrence
Session Chair: Xingang Zhao|Alternate Chair: Askin Guler Yigitoglu
Session Chair: Valentin Rychkov|Alternate Chair: Man Cheol Kim
Session Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa|Alternate Chair: Michael D. Muhlheim
Session Chair: Fan Zhang|Alternate Chair: Michael D. Muhlheim
8:00–9:30AM EDT
Session Chair: Andrea Maioli|Alternate Chair: Michael D. Muhlheim
Session Chair: Michelle Bensi|Alternate Chair: Michael D. Muhlheim
Session Chair: Mohamed Hibti|Alternate Chair: Sai Zhang
Session Chair: Vincent Paglioni|Alternate Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa
Session Chair: Seung Jun Lee|Alternate Chair: Yunfei Zhao