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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
Tuesday, July 23, 2024|10:00–11:50AM CDT|Madison Ballroom
Session Chair:
Michael J. Loughlin
Alternate Chair:
Iole Palermo
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Overview of GEOUNED Code
10:00–10:25AM CDT
J.P. Catalan (Univ. Nacional de Educacion a Distancia), P. Sauvan (UNED), J. Alguacil (UNED), F. Ogando (UNED), J. Sanz (UNED)
Paper
Verification of Design Support Neutronics Workflow
10:25–10:50AM CDT
Amanda Johnson (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Henry Boyd (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Ryanne Kennedy (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
Initial Implementation of the D1S Methodology for Shutdown Dose Rate Calculations in the OpenMC Monte Carlo Particle Transport Code
10:50–11:10AM CDT
Paul K. Romano (ANL), Patrick C. Shriwise (ANL), Ethan E. Peterson (MIT)
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees)
Facilitating Stellarator Power Plant Design with Parametric Modeling Capability
11:10–11:30AM CDT
Connor Moreno (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Edgar Pflug (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Joshua Smandych (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Eitan Weinstein (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Syn Hubbard (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Aaron Bader (Type One Energy), Paul Wilson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Summary and Recommendations of the Fusion-Focused 2024 Workshop for Applied Nuclear Data Activities (WANDA2024) and the Outlook of Nuclear Data for Fusion
11:30–11:50AM CDT
Keegan J. Kelly (LANL), Amy E. Lovell (LANL), Jesse M. Brown (ORNL), Todd A. Bredeweg (LANL), Michael Loughlin (ORNL), Dieter Liechtle (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Jennifer Jo Ressler (LLNL), Laura Gustad (Missile Defense Agency), Paul Humrickhouse (ORNL), Sofia Quaglioni (LLNL), Stephanie Lyons (PNNL), Paul Romano (ANL), Paul Wilson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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