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August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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EnCore receives BLM authorization for dormant uranium project
EnCore Energy announced on June 18 that the Bureau of Land Management issued a final decision and approved the Dewey Burdock uranium project, authorizing the company to begin construction for the uranium in situ recovery project in southwestern South Dakota.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Noble
Session Chair:
Sharlissa Moore (PNNL)
Alternate Chair:
Sara Hogan (US DOE)
Session Organizer:
Brady D. Hanson
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Engaging Communities and Other Stakeholders to Develop and Implement a Socially Acceptable Consent-Based Siting Process
1:00–1:20PM MST
Mahrez Ben Belfadhel (Consultant), Evaristo J. (Tito) Bonano (NAC Int'l.), Emily Stein (Sandia)
Paper
Communities who Currently Host Nuclear Waste -- Learning from Their Experiences
1:20–1:40PM MST
James A. Hamilton (Nuclear Decommissioning Collaborative), Elisabeth Graffy (PNNL), Emily Stein (Sandia)
Status of the Site Investigation and Site Selection Process for a Deep Geological Repository in Switzerland
1:40–2:00PM MST
Herwig R. Muller (Nagra), Ingo Blechschmidt (Nagra), Stratis Vomvoris (Nagra), Tim Vietor (Nagra), Maurus Alig (Nagra)
Scenario Development in Safety Assessment
2:00–2:20PM MST
Kristopher L. Kuhlman (Sandia), Jeroen Bartol (Centrale Organisatie Voor Radioactief Afval), Alexander Carter (Nuclear Waste Services), Andree Lommerzheim (BGE Technology), Jens Wolf (Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit)
Arius Association: Twenty Years Promoting Multinational Waste Disposal
2:20–2:40PM MST
Charles McCombie (Arius Assoc.), Neil Chapman (Arius Assoc.), Christina Boutellier (Arius Assoc.)