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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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What’s the most difficult question you’ve been asked as a maintenance instructor?
Blye Widmar
"Where are the prints?!"
This was the final question in an onslaught of verbal feedback, comments, and critiques I received from my students back in 2019. I had two years of instructor experience and was teaching a class that had been meticulously rehearsed in preparation for an accreditation visit. I knew the training material well and transferred that knowledge effectively enough for all the students to pass the class. As we wrapped up, I asked the students how they felt about my first big system-level class, and they did not hold back.
“Why was the exam from memory when we don’t work from memory in the plant?” “Why didn’t we refer to the vendor documents?” “Why didn’t we practice more on the mock-up?” And so on.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|10:00–11:45AM MST|Noble
Session Chair:
Christina Leggett (Booz Allen Hamilton)
Alternate Chair:
Kim Petry (US DOE)
Session Organizer:
Brady D. Hanson
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Sensitivity Analysis of Fuel Cycle Transitions Using Cyclus-Dakota
10:00–10:20AM MST
Amanda M. Bachmann (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Scott Richards (ANL), Madicken Munk (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Bo Feng (ANL)
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Grimsel Test Site -- Highlights from the Underground Rock Laboratory in the Swiss Alps
10:20–10:40AM MST
Ingo Blechschmidt (Nagra), Raphael Schneeberger (Nagra), Florian Kober (Nagra), Andrew Martin (Nagra), Thomas Spillmann (Nagra), Emiliano Stopelli (Nagra), Stratis Vomvoris (Nagra), Herwig R. Muller (Nagra)
Consolidated Interim Storage Facility Concept and Capabilities Development
10:40–11:00AM MST
Nicholas Klymyshyn (PNNL), Stuart Arm (PNNL), Eric Berglin (PNNL), Carl Enderlin (PNNL), Beric Wells (PNNL), Nathan Philips (PNNL), Jason Serkowski (PNNL), Ryan Meyer (PNNL), Joe Carter (PNNL)
System Analysis Modeling and Intermodal Transportation for Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel
11:00–11:20AM MST
H.R. Gadey (PNNL), M. Nutt (PNNL), P. Jensen (PNNL), R. Howard (PNNL), R. Joseph (INL), L. Vander Wal (ANL), R. Cumberland (ORNL)
Nuclear Governance Issues Affecting Multinational Repository Concepts
11:20–11:40AM MST
Leon Kegel (ARAO), Charles McCombie (McCombie Consulting)
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