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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)
Markéta Dohnálková is Head of the Section for Repository Development at the Radioactive Waste Repository Authority (SÚRAO) in the Czech Republic. She is responsible for the preparation of the national deep geological repository (DGR) programme, including site selection, safety assessment, development of engineered barrier systems, and the operation of the underground research facility Bukov. She holds a PhD in underground construction from VŠB–Technical University of Ostrava, where she focused on the design basis of the Czech DGR. Markéta has been actively involved in international collaboration on geological disposal through the Implementing Geological Disposal Technology Platform (IGD-TP), where she serves as Chair for 2025–2026, and in European joint research projects such as EURAD-2.
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