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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|Panel|Sponsored by ETWDD
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|3:15–5:00PM EST|Canaveral 1
Session Chair:
JoAnne Hanners
Alternate Chair:
Pamela Rich (INL)
Session Organizer:
Andrew E. Thomas (INL)
The Distinguished Early Career Program (DECP) is the Office of Nuclear Energy's (NE) most prestigious award for faculty members beginning their independent careers. The intent of the program is to invest in the innovative research and education programs of outstanding early-career university faculty poised to pave new lines of inquiry and advance mission-critical research directions in nuclear energy while training the next generation of nuclear energy professionals. Panelists will consist of awardees for the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy's Distinguished Early Career Program. The purpose of this panel is to focus on insights regarding 1) challenges and barriers associated with balancing time and effort while teaching, mentoring, and researching; 2) tips on proposal writing; and 3) efforts related to developing and maintaining professional and/or collaborative relationships.
April Novak
Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Fan Zhang
Georgia Tech
Minghui Chen
Univ. New Mexico
Majdi Radaideh
Univ. Michigan
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