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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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3D Printing Possibilities: Additive Manufacturing Impact Limiters for Transportation Casks
With the significant advances in additive manufacturing (AM), otherwise known as 3D printing, Orano Federal Services and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte recently re-examined the capabilities to print impact limiters for transportation casks used to ship spent nuclear fuel. Impact limiters protect transportation casks (sometimes also referred to as transportation overpacks) and their contents during an accident. Impact limiter designs must withstand testing based on a certain significance level of hypothetical accidents, including drops, crushing, fires, and immersion in water.
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Session Chair: Ronald L. Boring
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|12:00–1:45PM EDT
Session Chair: Torrey Mortenson
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|2:15–4:00PM EDT
Panel|Session Chair: Jacob Houser
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|4:30–6:15PM EDT
Panel|Session Chair: Jeffrey C. Joe
Wednesday, June 16, 2021|12:00–1:45PM EDT
Panel|Session Chair: Ryan S. Flamand
Wednesday, June 16, 2021|2:15–4:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Casey Kovesdi
Wednesday, June 16, 2021|4:30–6:15PM EDT
Panel|Session Chair: Raymond L. Herb
Thursday, June 17, 2021|10:00–11:45AM EDT
Session Chair: Paula Savioja
Thursday, June 17, 2021|12:15–2:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Josh Daw
Session Chair: Brenden Heidrich
Session Chair: Michael Muhlheim
Panel|Session Chair: Brent D. Shumaker
Panel|Session Chair: Chad J. Kiger
Session Chair: Zachary Spielman
Session Chair: Cody Walker
Session Chair: Carol Smidts
Session Chair: Derek Halverson
Session Chair: Paul Hunton
Session Chair: Fan Zhang
Panel|Session Chair: M. N. Ericson
Panel|Session Chair: Sacit M. Cetiner
Session Chair: Ahmad Al Rashdan
Session Chair: Graeme M. West
Session Chair: Nesrin Cetiner
Session Chair: Janos Eiler
Session Chair: Rodney Busquim
Session Chair: Miltiadis Alamaniotis
Session Chair: Tunc Aldemir
Session Chair: Ted Quinn
Session Chair: Gyunyoung Heo
Session Chair: Padhraic L. Mulligan
Panel|Session Chair: Jason Remer
Session Chair: Brent Shumaker
Session Chair: Michael T. Rowland
Session Chair: Adam Deatherage
Session Chair: Katya Le Blanc
Panel|Session Chair: Alexander H. Hashemian
Session Chair: Zhouxiang Fei
Session Chair: Markus Porthin
Panel|Session Chair: MIke Waters
Session Chair: Jacob Farber
