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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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Diablo Canyon completes dry storage campaign, seeks ISFSI license renewal
Holtec International announced that it has completed the campaign to transfer Diablo Canyon’s spent nuclear to dry storage ahead of its planned schedule, paving the way for the continued operation of the central California nuclear power plant.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EST|Georgetown East
Session Chair:
DeLeah Lockridge (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Steve Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.)
Session Organizer:
William N. Mann
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Current Irradiation Capabilities Within United States for Advanced Reactor Development
3:15–3:35PM EST
Braden Clayton (Brigham Young Univ.), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Misti Lillo (INL)
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Expert Elicitation for Collection of Stakeholder Input for a Molten Salt Sampling System Design
3:35–3:55PM EST
Megan Harkema (Vanderbilt Univ.), Steve Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.), Paul Marotta (Vanderbilt Univ.)
Community Engagement for Nuclear Energy Projects: Lessons from Participatory Design
3:55–4:15PM EST
Peter Wacnik (Univ. Michigan), Shanna Daly (Univ. Michigan), Aditi Verma (Univ. Michigan)
Nuclear Energy in Rural Alaska? Path Forward by Addressing Past Negative Events
4:15–4:35PM EST
Haruko M. Wainwright (MIT), Amandeep Singh (MIT), Adam Low (Univ. Alaska, Fairbanks), J. Ali Hanks (Univ. California, Berkeley), Brian Powell (Clemson Univ.), Richelle Johnson (Univ. Alaska, Fairbanks), Diane Hirshberg (Univ. Alaska, Anchorage), Gwen Holdmann (Univ. Alaska, Fairbanks)
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