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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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WIPP improves utility shaft safety, begins infrastructure project
Harrison Western Shaft Sinkers (HWSS), the company drilling a new utility shaft at the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico, has retained a safety culture expert following a near-miss accident in the shaft late last year. The safety expert will conduct monthly facilitated discussions with crews working on the shaft to reinforce expectations for identifying concerns regarding unsafe circumstances, according to a recent report by the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB).
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Plenary Session|Panel
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|8:00–9:45AM MST|Honeysuckle
Session Organizers:
Emily Stein (Sandia National Laboratories)
Sharlissa Moore (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Moderator
Dr. Kuhika Gupta Univ. of Oklahoma
Sustainable solutions for long-term management and eventual disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste depend on the interplay among the social, political, and technical realms. The goal of this panel is to discover constructive ways in which social scientists and technical staff can work together to advance solutions that address all aspects of the problem in a collaborative manner. The discussion will highlight the history of interactions between social scientists and technical staff in the context of past disposal programs in the US; what roles different engineering, physical science, and social science disciplines have played and can play; and how to address emerging priorities like environmental justice.
PANELISTS
Dr. Sharlissa MoorePacific Northwest National Laboratory
Dr. Hank C. Jenkins-SmithUniv. of Oklahoma
Dr. Evaristo J. “Tito” BonanoNAC International, Inc.
Dr. Monica C RegalbutoIdaho National Laboratory
Dr. Aditi Verma Univ. of Michigan
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