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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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DOE signs two more OTAs in Reactor Pilot Program
This week, the Department of Energy has finalized two new other transaction agreements (OTAs) with participating companies in its Reactor Pilot Program, which aims to get one or two fast-tracked reactors on line by July 4 of this year. Those companies are Terrestrial Energy and Oklo.
International High Level Radioactive Waste Management (IHLRWM 2025)
Technical Session
Monday, November 10, 2025|3:15–5:00PM EST|Lincoln East
Session Chair:
Jeffery Greathouse
Alternate Chair:
Jonathan Major
Session Organizer:
Emily R. Stein
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An Empirical Approach to Disposal Tunnel Design and Sealing in Neogene Sedimentary Rocks
3:15–3:35PM EST
Akira Hayano (JAEA), Kazuhei Aoyagi (JAEA), Hiroaki Murakami (JAEA), Shun Kimura (JAEA)
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An Overview of a Full-scale Construction Experiment for the Tunnel Sealing Technology at Horonobe URL
3:35–3:55PM EST
Shun Kimura (Horonobe Underground Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Akira Hayano (Horonobe Underground Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Makoto Ono (TAISEI CORPORATION)
Using Laboratory and Field Tests and the Corresponding Modeling Work to Study the Evolution of Bentonite Buffer under High Temperature
3:55–4:15PM EST
Liange Zheng (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Chun Chang (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Radhavi Samarakoon (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Jens T. Birkholzer (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Refined Model in Near-field: Quarter Waste Package Shale Near-Field Model
4:15–4:35PM EST
Eduardo Basurto (Sandia), Tara LaForce (Sandia), Laura Swiler (Sandia)
Energy Recovery from Storage and Disposal Facilities for High-Level Nuclear Waste
4:35–4:55PM EST
Dauren Sarsenbayev (MIT), Haruko Wainwright (MIT)
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