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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|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods
Tuesday, October 11, 2022|10:15–11:55AM EDT|Branle
Session Chair:
Ian Porter (GE)
Alternate Chair:
Chao Wang (Framatome)
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Assessing New Accident Tolerant Fuel and Cladding Models in the Fuel Performance Code Bison
10:15–10:40AM EDT
Gyanender Singh (INL), Yifeng Che (INL), Kyle Gamble (INL), Aysenur Toptan (INL), Jason Hales (INL), Stephen Novascone (INL)
Paper
Fuel Performance Analysis of Cr-Coated Fuel During Startup and Normal Operation of LWRs Using FEMAXI-8
10:40–11:05AM EDT
Soki Dehara (Waseda Univ.), Akifumi Yamaji (Waseda Univ.), Yoshiyuki Nemoto (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Shinichiro Yamashita (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Out-Of-Reactor Creep Analysis of Chromium Surface-Coated Optimized ZIRLO™ Cladding
11:05–11:30AM EDT
J.M. Vidal (ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas), I. del Río (ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas), J. Walters (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Y. Long (Westinghouse Electric Co.), O. Linsuain (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
PCMI Analyses of SiC Cladded Fuel During BWR LOCA with FEMAXI-ATF
11:30–11:55AM EDT
Yutaka Nakao (Waseda Univ.), Akifumi Yamaji (Waseda Univ.), Yoshiyuki Nemoto (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Shinichiro Yamashita (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
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