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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|Computational Thermal Hydraulics
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Columbia 11/12
Session Chair:
Matthew D. Zimmer
Alternate Chair:
Sofiane Benhamadouche
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Quantifying HFIR Turbulence by Variable Curvature Channels
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Nicholas J. Mecham (NCSU), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU), Emilian L. Popov (ORNL)
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Direct Numerical Simulation of Flow in a Confined Differentially Heated Cavity at Low Prandtl Numbers
3:50–4:10PM EDT
J. Oder (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics), M. Alsailani (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics), L. Koloszar (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics), W. Munters (von Karman Institute of Fluid Dynamics), D. Laboureur (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics), J. Pacio (SCK CEN)
Direct Numerical Simulation of Low and Unitary Prandtl Number Fluids in a Simultaneously Cooled Vertical Channel
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Cheng-Kai Tai (NCSU), Tri Nguyen (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)
High Fidelity Simulation of the Light-to-Dense Stratification Transient in the HiRJET Facility
4:30–4:50PM EDT
Cheng-Kai Tai (NCSU), Haomin Yuan (ANL), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)
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