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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|Sponsored by RPD
Tuesday, November 11, 2025|1:00–2:45PM EST|Columbia 11
Session Chair:
Travis Lange (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Ishita Trivedi
Session Organizer:
Zeyun Wu
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Update on New Models Available on the Virtual Test Bed (VTB) in 2025
1:00–1:20PM EST
Lise Charlot (INL), Emily R. Shemon (ANL), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Patrick Behne (INL), Benjamin Spencer (INL), Zachary M. Prince (INL), Yinbin Miao (ANL), Yan Cao (ANL), Soon K. Lee (ANL), Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL), Travis Lange (INL), Olin W. Calvin (INL), Kylee Swanson (INL), Daniel C. Yankura (INL), Pierre-Clement A. Simon (INL), Masashi Shimada (INL), Thomas Folk (Idaho National Laboratory - National Reactor Innovation Center)
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NEAMS Microreactor Models Submitted to the VTB in 2025
1:20–1:40PM EST
Yinbin Miao (ANL), Ahmed Amin Abdelhameed (ANL), Yan Cao (ANL), Soon K. Lee (ANL), Yiqi Yu (ANL), Kun Mo (ANL), Nicolas Stauff (ANL), Emily Shemon (ANL)
Development of a Modular Framework for the Verification of the NRIC-DOME Shield Two-step Approach
1:40–2:00PM EST
Joffrey Dorville (ANL), Paul A. Ferney (INL), Mohamed Elkamash (INL), Paul K. Romano (ANL), Lise Charlot (INL), Emily Shemon (ANL)
A Variance Reduction Workflow to Compute Neutron and Photon Flux Maps in the DOME Facility
2:00–2:20PM EST
Paul A. Ferney (Young Members Group), Mohamed Elkamash (INL), Joffrey Dorville (ANL), Paul Romano (ANL), Lise Charlot (INL), Emily R. Shemon (ANL)
Modeling Radiation Heat Transfer in The DOME Shield Cavity
2:20–2:40PM EST
Mohamed M. Elkamash (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Lise Charlot (INL), Joffrey J. Dorville (ANL), Paul A. Ferney (INL), Emily R. Shemon (ANL), Paul Romano (ANL), April J. Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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