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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
Thursday, November 17, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Kaibab
Session Chair:
Geoff A. Freeze (Sandia)
Alternate Chair:
Tim Gunter (US DOE)
Session Organizer:
Emily R. Stein
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Geoscientific Investigations Underpinning the Safety Assessment of Deep Borehole Disposal
1:00–1:20PM MST
Dirk Mallants (CSIRO), Julien Bourdet (CSIRO), Michael Camilleri (CSIRO), Punjehl Crane (CSIRO), Claudio Delle Piane (CSIRO), Alec Deslandes (CSIRO), Dave Dewhurst (CSIRO), Christian Doblin (CSIRO), Hans-Joachim Engelhardt (BGE-Technology), Lionel Esteban (CSIRO), Ema Frery (CSIRO), Christoph Gerber (CSIRO), Matthew Josh (CSIRO), Uli Kelka (CSIRO), Manoj Khanal (CSIRO), Laurent Langhi (CSIRO), Kaveh Sookhak Lari (CSIRO), Thomas Poulet (CSIRO), Matthias Raiber (CSIRO), Regina Sander (CSIRO), Mustafa Sari (CSIRO), Joel Sarout (CSIRO), Peter Schaubs (CSIRO), Heather Sheldon (CSIRO), Baotang Shen (CSIRO), Jingyu Shi (CSIRO), Julian Strand (CSIRO), Axel Suckow (CSIRO), Tilman Fisher (BGE-Technology), Cornelia Wilske (CSIRO), Junfang Zhang (CSIRO)
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The Role of Environmental Tracers for Underpinning the Safety of Deep Borehole Disposal
1:20–1:40PM MST
Axel Suckow (CSIRO), Dirk Mallants (CSIRO), Christoph Gerber (CSIRO), Cornelia Wilske (CSIRO)
Towards the Safety Cases for Deep-Vertical Borehole Disposal of High-Level Waste: A Modelling Study
1:40–2:00PM MST
Karl P. Travis (Univ. Sheffield), Charles Lord (Univ. Sheffield), Luke Golding (Univ. Sheffield), Adam Squires (Univ. Sheffield), Fergus G.F. Gibb (Univ. Sheffield), David Burley (Univ. Sheffield)
Progress Toward a Deep Borehole Field Test
2:00–2:20PM MST
Geoff Freeze (Sandia), John Phalen (CSIRO), Dirk Mallants (CSIRO), David Sassani (Sandia)
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