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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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ANS continues to expand its certificate offerings
It’s almost been a full year since the American Nuclear Society held its inaugural section of Nuclear 101, a comprehensive certificate course on the basics of the nuclear field. Offered at the 2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo, that first sold-out course marked a massive milestone in the Society’s expanding work in professional development and certification.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Thursday, November 17, 2022|8:00–9:45AM MST|Lantana
Session Chair:
Haruko Wainwright (MIT)
Alternate Chair:
Rosie Leone (Sandia)
Session Organizer:
Emily R. Stein
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Geologic Disposal Safety Assessment (GDSA) Biosphere Model Development
8:00–8:20AM MST
Caitlin Condon (PNNL), Saikat Ghosh (PNNL), Bruce Napier (PNNL), Glenn Hammond (PNNL), Harish Gadey (PNNL)
Paper
Draft Recommendations for New Generic Repository Environmental Standards for the United States
8:20–8:40AM MST
Peter Swift (Consulting Scientist), Michael Apted (INTERA), Lake Barrett (Lake Barrett Consulting), John Kessler (J Kessler and Assoc.), Steven Nesbit (LMNT Consulting)
International Perspectives on Safety Regulations for Geological Disposal of High-Level Waste
8:40–9:00AM MST
Michael Apted (INTERA), Lake Barrett (Lake Barrett Consulting), John Kessler (J Kessler and Assoc.), Steven Nesbit (LMNT Consulting), Peter Swift (Consultant)
Characteristics of Future Human Society Assumed in Geologic Repository Standards
9:00–9:20AM MST
Steven P. Nesbit (LMNT Consulting), Michael Apted (INTERA), Lake Barrett (Lake Barrett Consulting), John Kessler (J Kessler and Assoc.), Peter Swift (Consulting Scientist)
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