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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|10:00–11:45AM MST|Lantana
Session Chair:
Mark J. Rigali (Sandia)
Alternate Chair:
Timothy C. Gunter
Session Organizer:
Emily R. Stein
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Considerations on the Use of Dual-Purpose Canisters in an Integrated Waste Management System
10:00–10:20AM MST
Bret Leslie (U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board)
Paper
A Parametric Study of Criticality in Dual-Purpose Canisters for Long-Term Disposal
10:20–10:40AM MST
Mathew Swinney (ORNL), Gregory Davidson (ORNL)
Postclosure Transient Criticality Analysis for a Dual-Purpose Canister
10:40–11:00AM MST
Alex Salazar III (Sandia)
Assessing the Consequences of Postclosure Criticality in Spent Nuclear Fuel
11:00–11:20AM MST
Laura Price (Sandia), Halim Alsaed (EnviroNuclear), Eddie Basurto (Sandia), Alex Salazar (Sandia), Greg Davidson (ORNL), Mathew Swinney (ORNL), Santosh Bhatt (ORNL)
Phosphate Cement Development for Dual Purpose Canister Fillers
11:20–11:40AM MST
Mark J. Rigali (Sandia), Mark L.F. Phillips (Pleasanton Ridge Research)
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