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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.
November 11–15, 2012
Future Nuclear Technologies: Resilience and Flexibility
San Diego, CA|Town & Country Hotel & Resort
The Town and Country Resort and Convention Center, located at 500 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, California, 92108, will be the location for the 2012 Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo, where all meeting activities and technical sessions will take place. The special room rate for the meeting is: $149.00/night (single rate); and $169.00/night (double rate). [$20.00 for each additional guest in the room.] The government rate is: $133.00/night (single rate); and $153.00/night (double rate). The parking fees are $10.00 per day for hotel guests and prevailing fees for non guests. Reservations can be made on their website at: https://resweb.passkey.com/go/72b3dd07 To register by phone for a guest room: 800-772-8527. Attendees must identify themselves as part of the American Nuclear Society to receive the group rate.
Honorary Chair:
Salomon Levy (Owner, Levy & Associates)
General Chair:
Per Peterson (University of California, Berkeley)
Program Chair:
Xiaodong Sun (The Ohio State University)
Assistant Program Chairs:
Sacit M. Cetiner (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Sedat Goluoglu (University of Florida)
Embedded Topical
Bal-Raj Sehgal (Professor, Royal Institute of Technology)
General Co-Chairs:
Yassin A. Hassan (Professor, Texas A&M University)
Hisashi Ninokata (Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Francesco D'Auria (Professor, University of Pisa)
Program Chairs:
Kurshad Muftuoglu (Principal Engineer/Technologist, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
S. H. Chang (Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Henryk Anglart (Associate Professor, Royal Institute of Technology)
General Chairs:
Michael Corradini (Chair, Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin)
Dale Klein (Professor, University of Texas at Austin)
Jacopo Buongiorno (Professor, MIT)
Akira Tokuhiro (Professor, University of Idaho)
