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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
Wednesday, November 12, 2025|8:00–9:45AM EST|Georgetown West
Session Chair:
Haruko Wainwright (MIT)
Alternate Chair:
Emily R. Stein
Session Organizer:
Jens T. Birkholzer
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International Collaboration in the U.S. Disposal Research Program: Advances Made in Testing and Predicting Coupled Processes in Engineered and Natural Barriers
8:00–8:20AM EST
Jens T. Birkholzer (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Liange Zheng (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
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International Workshop Series on Actinide and Brine Chemistry in a Salt Repository (ABC-Salt)
8:20–8:40AM EST
Marcus Altmaier (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Three-Dimensional Coupled Thermo-Hydraulic Modeling and Parameter Identification for the HotBENT Experiment
8:40–9:00AM EST
Haruki Ishii (Geosphere Environmental Technology Corporation), Yasuhiro Tawara (Geosphere Environmental Technology Corporation), Shin Sato (Obayashi Corporation), Florian Kober (Nagra)
In Situ Experiments on the Thermo-Hydromechanical Behavior of COx Claystone at the MHM Underground Research Laboratory
9:00–9:20AM EST
Carlos Plúa (Andra), Minh-ngoc Vu (Andra), Frédéric Bumbieler (Andra), Gilles Armand (Andra)
Hydraulic Modeling of Saltwater Infiltration in Unsaturated Buffer Material
9:20–9:40AM EST
Yusaku Takubo (NUMO), Yutaka Sugita (JAEA), Minori Ogoshi (JAEA), Yusuke Takayama (Kobe University)
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