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2023 ANS Annual Meeting
June 11–14, 2023
Indianapolis, IN|Marriott Indianapolis Downtown
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Art exhibit visits IIT
Nuclear power plant cooling towers are easily recognizable for their familiar hyperboloid shape. But an art exhibit running at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago aims to give visitors a different perspective.
The Art of the Reactor, an exhibit by the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History and hosted by IIT’s Lewis College of Science and Letters, opened on November 4 and runs until Sunday, December 4 at Hermann Hall on the IIT campus.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Monday, November 14, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST|Mesquite
Session Chair:
Kevin Connolly (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Rob Howard (PNNL)
Session Organizer:
Brady D. Hanson
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Development and Application of a Risk-Informed Approach for Shipment of a Microreactor Transportation Package
3:15–3:35PM MST
Steven J. Maheras (PNNL), Garill A. Coles (PNNL), Laura Hay (PNNL), Steve M. Short (PNNL), Harold E. Adkins (PNNL), Jon Phillips (PNNL), Peter P. Lowry (PNNL), Tracy Ikenberry (PNNL), Cynthia Rakowski (PNNL), Caitlin Condon (PNNL), Kaushik Banerjee (PNNL)
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Verification and Validation of START: A Spent Nuclear Fuel Routing and Decision Support Tool
3:35–3:55PM MST
Caitlin Condon (PNNL), Mark D. Abkowitz (Vanderbilt Univ.), Harish Reddy Gadey (PNNL), Robert Claypool (Kanini Software Solutions Inc), Steven J. Maheras (PNNL), Matthew R. Feldman (PNNL), Erica Bickford (U.S. Dept. of Energy)
Knowledge Management for SNF Transportation Planning and Policy: A US Example with Section 180(c) Policy
3:55–4:15PM MST
Erica Bickford (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Lauren Rodman (PNNL), Sara Hogan (US Department of Energy)
Successful Transportation of an HBU SNF Transportation Cask Containing LLW
4:15–4:35PM MST
Michael P. Valenzano (Transnuclear, Inc.), Nicolas Guibert (Orano TN), Curtis Roberts (Orano USA)
Package Performance Study: A Historical Perspective and Planning for a Path Forward
4:35–4:55PM MST
Laura M. Hay (PNNL), Steven J. Maheras (PNNL), Erica E. Bickford (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Matthew R. Feldman (PNNL), Douglas J. Ammerman (Sandia)
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