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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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The current status of heat pipe R&D
Idaho National Laboratory under the Department of Energy–sponsored Microreactor Program recently conducted a comprehensive phenomena identification and ranking table (PIRT) exercise aimed at advancing heat pipe technology for microreactor applications.
International High Level Radioactive Waste Management (IHLRWM 2025)
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 11, 2025|8:00–9:45AM EST|Lincoln East
Session Chair:
Hiroyuki Umeki (NUMO)
Alternate Chair:
Emily R. Stein
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Performance Assessment Supporting the WIPP Replacement Panels Planned Change Request
8:00–8:20AM EST
Seth King (Sandia), Sarah Brunell (Sandia), Clifford Hansen (Sandia)
Paper
Study of a Stepwise Procedure for Selecting External Initiating Events in Geological Disposal in Japan
8:20–8:40AM EST
Tetsuhiro Ichimura (Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan), Satoru Suzuki (Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan)
Technical Development of 4D-SDM for Long-Term Post-Closure Safety Assessment of a Repository in Japan (1) Modeling approach for geological model considering long-term geological phenomena
8:40–9:00AM EST
Kensho Abumi (Obayashi Corporation), Takenori Ozutsumi (Obayashi Corporation), Hironori Onoe (Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan), Hiromitsu Saegusa (Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan)
Technical Development of 4D-SDM for Long-Term Post-Closure Safety Assessment of a Repository in Japan (2) Approach to Model Uncertainty Evaluation for 4D-SDM
9:00–9:20AM EST
Hironori Onoe (Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan), Hiromitsu Saegusa (Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan), Kensho Abumi (Obayashi Corporation), Takenori Ozutsumi (Obayashi Corporation)
Biosphere Dose Conversion Factors for Well-water Farming Scenario in the Korean Environmental Condition
9:20–9:40AM EST
DongKi Kim (Radcore Co., Ltd.), Wontak Lee (RADCORE Co., Ltd.), Jongtae Jeong (RADCORE Co., Ltd.), Joowan Park (RADCORE Co., Ltd.), Soonyoung Kim (RADCORE Co., Ltd.)
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