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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Education and training to support Canadian nuclear workforce development
Along with several other nations, Canada has committed to net-zero emissions by 2050. Part of this plan is tripling nuclear generating capacity. As of 2025, the country has four operating nuclear generating stations with a total of 17 reactors, 16 of which are in the province of Ontario. The Independent Electricity System Operator has recommended that an additional 17,800 MWe of nuclear power be added to Ontario’s grid.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Thursday, November 17, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Lantana
Session Chair:
David Fukuyama (Sandia)
Alternate Chair:
Tara LaForce (Sandia)
Session Organizer:
Emily R. Stein
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Machine Learning Surrogate Process Models for Efficient Performance Assessment of a Nuclear Waste Repository
1:00–1:20PM MST
Bert J. Debusschere (Sandia), D. Thomas Seidl (Sandia), Timothy M. Berg (Sandia), Kyung Won Chang (Sandia), Rosemary C. Leone (Sandia), Laura P. Swiler (Sandia), Paul E. Mariner (Sandia)
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Studying the Bentonite Buffer for HLW Geological Disposal: Large Scale Field Tests and the Corresponding Modeling
1:20–1:40PM MST
Liange Zheng (LBNL), Sangcheol Yoon (LBNL), Jonny Rutqvist (LBNL), Jens Birkholzer (LBNL)
Experimental Study of Bentonite Buffer for Geologic Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste
1:40–2:00PM MST
Chun Chang (LBNL), Sharon Borglin (LBNL), Chunwei Chou (LBNL), LianGe Zheng (LBNL), Yuxin Wu (LBNL), Timothy J. Kneafsey (LBNL), Seiji Nakagawa (LBNL), Jens T. Birkholzer (LBNL)
Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Modeling for a High Temperature Heating and Hydration Column Experiment
2:00–2:20PM MST
Sangcheol Yoon (LBNL), Sharon Borglin (LBNL), Chun Chang (LBNL), Chunwei Chou (LBNL), Liange Zheng (LBNL), Yuxin Wu (LBNL)
1-D Multiphase Simulation of Bentonite Saturation Using PFLOTRAN: Preliminary Results
2:20–2:40PM MST
Carlos F. Jové Colón (Sandia), Carlos M. Lopez (Sandia), Kristopher L. Kuhlman (Sandia)
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