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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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The Westinghouse Parts Business plays a vital role in maintaining the critical assets of customers and ensuring safety and reliability through high-quality spare parts, component repairs, and equipment upgrades. Obsolescence and sourcing qualified replacements remain major challenges in the nuclear industry. To address these, Westinghouse provides targeted solutions for obsolete parts and manages comprehensive obsolescence programs.
International High Level Radioactive Waste Management (IHLRWM 2025)
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 12, 2025|10:15AM–12:00PM EST|Georgetown West
Session Chair:
Jens Birkholzer (LBNL)
Alternate Chair:
Erika Holt
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This session includes 5 technical presentations from Japan, Switzerland, China, South Korea and France on various activities to advance disposal. Information will be shared about URL and infrastructure development, regulatory requirements, deep borehole technology review and needs, and optimization of disposal programmes.
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Establishing the Infrastructure Required to Foster Innovative Disposal Concept Optimization
10:15–10:35AM EST
Hiroyuki Umeki (Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan), Takafumi Hamamoto (NUMO, Japan), Takeshi Ebashi (NUMO, Japan), Keisuke Ishida (NUMO, Japan), Ian G. McKinley (McKinley Consulting)
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Project Development and Optimization of the Swiss Disposal Program
10:35–10:55AM EST
Irina Gaus (Nagra), Efstathios Vlassopoulos (Nagra), Ingo Blechschmidt (Nagra), Severin Wälchli (Nagra)
Beishan Underground Research Laboratory for Geological Disposal of High Level Radioactive Waste in China, Update 2025
10:55–11:15AM EST
Ju Wang (Beijing Research Institute of Uranium)
SITEX.Network Analyses on Deep Borehole Repository
11:15–11:35AM EST
Nadja Zeleznik (EIMV), Muriel Rocher (ASNR), Dephine Pellegrini (ASNR)
Development of Regulatory Requirements for Site-Specific URLs for DGR in Korea
11:35–11:55AM EST
Sangsu Park (Korean Institute of Nuclear Safety), Jeheon Bang (KINS), Jinyong Park (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
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