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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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For over 35 years, PacTec, Inc. has been at the forefront of innovation in waste packaging, continuing to develop new packaging solutions for Class 7 radioactive waste. From humble beginnings in Clinton, Louisiana, to a global presence in the nuclear industry, PacTec's commitment to innovation and excellence continues to drive the development of more efficient and cost-effective waste packaging solutions. Our in-house engineering, production, and testing capabilities—combined with over a century of collective expertise—ensure we can quickly design, test, and deliver groundbreaking solutions to meet the ever-evolving needs of nuclear waste packaging.
Britta Helmersson (Westinghouse Electric Sweden), David Schrire (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), Aylin Kucuk (EPRI), Paul Blair (Westinghouse Electric Sweden), Clara Anghel (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), Matthias Martin (Paul Scherrer Institut), Cecilia Janzon (Studsvik Nuclear), Katja Ammon (Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt), Marcus Nilsson (OKG), Jonathan Wright (Westinghouse Electric Sweden), Luke Hallman (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Proceedings | TopFuel 2022 Light Water Reactor Fuel Performance Conference | Raleigh, NC, October 9-13, 2022 | Pages 495-504