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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|Lightning Talks
Tuesday, October 8, 2024|3:15–5:00PM MDT|Room 5
Session Chair:
Trishelle Marie Copeland-Johnson (INL)
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Extension of Virtual Test Bed Advanced Modeling and Simulation Capabilities for Fusion Energy
3:15–3:22PM MDT
Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Abdalla Abou Jaoude (INL), Emily Shemon (ANL)
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Fusion Material Research at Idaho National Laboratory
3:22–3:29PM MDT
Hanns Gietl (INL), Thomas F. Fuerst (INL), Chase N. Taylor (INL), L. Shayne Loftus (INL), Matthew D. Eklund (INL), Adriaan A. Riet (INL), M. Grace Burke (INL), Masashi Shimada (INL)
Fusion Breeder Blanket Tritium Extraction Systems
3:29–3:36PM MDT
Chase N. Taylor (INL), Thomas F. Fuerst (INL), Hanns Gietl (INL), Masashi Shimada (INL), L. Shayne Loftus (INL)
Modeling a Hypothetical Fusion Blanket Design Using MELCOR-TMAP
3:36–3:43PM MDT
Adriaan A. Riet (INL), Matthew D. Eklund (INL)
Forced Convection Loops for Fusion Energy Breeder Blanket Research at Idaho National Laboratory
3:43–3:50PM MDT
Thomas F. Fuerst (INL), Chase N. Taylor (INL), Hanns Gietl (INL), L. Shayne Loftus (INL), Matthew D. Eklund (INL), Adriaan A. Riet (INL), Masashi Shimada (INL)
Systems Level Fuel Cycle Modeling in TMAP8 – A Demonstration
3:50–3:57PM MDT
Adriaan A. Riet (INL)
Tokamak Energy: Showcasing the High Temperature Superconducting Spherical Tokamak Path to Fusion Energy and our Supporting R&D Activities
3:57–4:04PM MDT
Jack Astbury (Tokamak Energy), Aaron Washington (Tokamak Energy), Jim Pickles (Tokamak Energy), Samara Levine (Tokamak Energy), Mohamad Abdallah (Tokamak Energy), Emre Yildirim (Tokamak Energy), Michele Romanelli (Tokamak Energy), Sandeep Irukuvarghula (Tokamak Energy), Gurdeep Kamal (Tokamak Energy), Michael Ginsberg (Tokamak Energy)
Advanced Dosimetry Strategies for Reactor and Fusion Neutron Energies
4:04–4:11PM MDT
Thomas Holschuh (INL), Teancum Quist (INL), David L. Chichester (INL)
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