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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
Monday, July 22, 2024|3:15–5:05PM CDT|Madison Ballroom
Session Chair:
Iole Palermo
Session Organizers:
Paul P. Wilson (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Alternate Chair:
Ethan Peterson (Massachussets Institute of Technology)
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Lithium Enrichment Needs for Different Tritium Breeding Blanket Concepts
3:15–3:40PM CDT
P.W. Humrickhouse (ORNL), M.L. Gehrig (ORNL)
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Coupled Neutronics and Thermal Hydraulics Simulation of Tritium Breeding and Its Transport in the ARC-Class Fusion Blanket
3:40–4:05PM CDT
Arpan Sircar (ORNL), Jin Whan Bae (ORNL), Katarzyna Borowiec (ORNL), Vittorio Badalassi (ORNL), Cami Collins (ORNL)
Tritium Speciation and Transport in Molten Salts: Insights from the BABY Experiment
4:05–4:25PM CDT
N. Goles (MIT), R. Delaporte-Mathurin (MIT), C.S. Dunn (MIT), E. Edwards (MIT), S.E. Ferry (MIT), E. Lamere (MIT), A.T. Lanzrath (MIT), R. Leccacorvi (MIT), S. Meschini (MIT), E.E. Peterson (MIT), S. Segantin (MIT), R.F. Vieira (MIT), D.G. Whyte (MIT), K.B. Woller (MIT), W. Zhou (MIT)
Neutronics Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification of LiCl-LiF Molten Salt as a Liquid Tritium Breeding Blanket
4:25–4:45PM CDT
C.S. Dunn (MIT), E.E. Peterson (MIT), B. Ebiwonjumi (MIT), S. Segantin (MIT), W. Zhou (MIT), S. Ferry (MIT), K. Woller (MIT)
Molten Salt Activation Considerations in D-T Fusion Tokamak Design
4:45–5:05PM CDT
Austin Carter (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Caroline Sorensen Barthel (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Ryanne Kennedy (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
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