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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Project delivers a universal waste canister for advanced reactors
Nuclear waste disposal technology company Deep Isolation Nuclear has announced the completion of a three-year project to manufacture, physically test, and validate a disposal-ready universal canister system (UCS) for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste from advanced reactors.
Jonathan Pierce (Johns Hopkins APL), Richard Ung (Johns Hopkins APL), Jake Ballard (Johns Hopkins APL), Tim Holgate (Johns Hopkins APL), Priestly Shuler (Johns Hopkins APL), Mousumi Mitra (Univ. Virginia), Rasdip Singh (Soal Technologies), Meiyong Himmtann (Johns Hopkins APL), Cheryl Sturm (Johns Hopkins APL), Scott Misture (Alfred Univ.), Joseph Poon (Univ. Virginia), Timothy Erickson (Johns Hopkins APL), Paul Ostdiek (Johns Hopkins APL), Rama Venkatasubramanian (Johns Hopkins APL)
Proceedings | Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS 2023) | Idaho Falls, ID, May 7-11, 2023 | Pages 335-339
