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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Japan to survey Pacific island for potential HLW repository
Japan will study the possibility of siting a deep geologic repository for high-level radioactive waste on the remote island of Minamitorishima, about 1,200 miles southeast of Tokyo.
Masaaki Shibuya, mayor of the village of Ogasawara, reportedly expressed his willingness to allow Japan’s government to proceed with a preliminary survey, called a literature survey, of the island, which is one of several within the Ogasawara Islands.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Decommissioning & Environmental
Saturday, April 16, 2022|3:00–4:30PM CDT|Honors Room
Sponsored by ANS Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences Division
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Geological Considerations for the USNC-UIUC Microreactor Project
Ethan H. Nicolls (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Gable Edwards (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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Volumetric Reduction of Uranium Mine Waste with Chemical Washing
Gavin Davis (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Brad Bozzetti (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Angelo Minetti (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Heat Signature Computational Simulation Results for Safeguarded Spent Nuclear Fuel
Alvaro Pizarro (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Michael D. Kaminski (ANL), Jeffrey Fortner (ORNL)
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