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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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3D Printing Possibilities: Additive Manufacturing Impact Limiters for Transportation Casks
With the significant advances in additive manufacturing (AM), otherwise known as 3D printing, Orano Federal Services and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte recently re-examined the capabilities to print impact limiters for transportation casks used to ship spent nuclear fuel. Impact limiters protect transportation casks (sometimes also referred to as transportation overpacks) and their contents during an accident. Impact limiter designs must withstand testing based on a certain significance level of hypothetical accidents, including drops, crushing, fires, and immersion in water.
Technical Session|Used Fuel Storage, Transportation, and Re-Use
Monday, October 10, 2022|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Branle
Session Chair:
Ricardo Torres (PNNL)
Alternate Chair:
Amparo Gonzalez Espartero (IAEA)
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Advanced Vacuum Sipping Spent Fuel Classification Before Dry Storage and Decommissioning Activities
3:30–3:55PM EDT
Roberto Rodriguez (ENUSA), Jose M. Rodero (ENUSA ), Ivan Sanchez (ENUSA ), Alicia Sánchez Siguero (ENUSA)
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Mimicking the Radiolytic Corrosion of Spent Nuclear Fuel Surfaces
3:55–4:20PM EDT
Yadukrishnan Sasikumar (Open Univ.), William Nuttall (Open Univ.), Paul Thompson (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility), Ross Springell (Univ. Bristol)
The Mechanical Response of High Burnup 17x17 PWR Fuel Rods Under Bending
4:20–4:45PM EDT
P. Cantonwine (ORNL), O. Martinez (ORNL), R. Montgomery (ORNL)
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