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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|Fusion
Tuesday, October 8, 2024|1:00–2:45PM MDT|Room 4
Session Chair:
Chase N. Taylor (INL)
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Overview of Fusion Safety Program
1:00–1:20PM MDT
M. Shimada (INL), C.N. Taylor (INL), T.F. Fuerst (INL), A.A. Riet (INL), M.D. Eklund (INL), H. Gietl (INL), L.S. Loftus (INL), P. Calderoni (INL)
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Investigating CAD-Based Geometry Workflows for Multiphysics Fusion Problems Using OpenMC and MOOSE
1:20–1:40PM MDT
Mahmoud Eltawila (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), April J. Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Pierre-Clément A. Simon (INL), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Derek Gaston (INL)
Kinetic Plasma Simulation in the MOOSE Framework: Verification of Electrostatic Particle in Cell Capabilities
1:40–2:00PM MDT
Grayson S. Gall (NCSU), Logan H. Harbour (INL), Casey T. Icenhour (INL), Pierre-Clement A. Simon (INL), Derek Gaston (INL), Amanda M. Lietz (NCSU)
Developing Multiphysics, Integrated, High-Fidelity, Massively Parallel Computational Capabilities for Fusion Applications Using MOOSE
2:00–2:20PM MDT
Pierre-Clement A. Simon (INL), Casey T. Icenhour (INL), Masashi Shimada (INL), Alexander D. Lindsay (INL), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Logan H. Harbour (INL), Derek Gaston (INL), Mauricio E. Tano (INL), Helen Brooks (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), April J. Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Mahmoud Eltawila (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Amanda M. Lietz (NCSU), Grayson Gall (NCSU), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU), Susana Reyes (Xcimer Energy)
Fusion Superconducting Magnet Electromagnetic Modeling and Simulation at Idaho National Laboratory: A Review and Look Ahead
2:20–2:40PM MDT
Casey T. Icenhour (INL)
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