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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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WIPP: Lessons in transportation safety
As part of a future consent-based approach by the federal government to site new deep geologic repositories for nuclear waste, local communities and states that are considering hosting such facilities are sure to have many questions. Currently, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico is the only example of such a repository in operation, and it offers the opportunity for state and local officials to visit and judge for themselves the risks and benefits of hosting a similar facility. But its history can also provide lessons for these officials, particularly the political process leading up to the opening of WIPP, the safety of WIPP operations and transportation of waste from generator facilities to the site, and the economic impacts the project has had on the local area of Carlsbad, as well as the rest of the state of New Mexico.
10:00–11:50AM CDT
Senate A/B
Session Chair: Brian Grierson|Alternate Chair: Lauren M. Garrison
Assembly
Session Chair: Andrew G. Sowder|Alternate Chair: Ben Lindley
University Room AB
Session Chair: Dina Yuryev|Alternate Chair: Paul W. Humrickhouse
Madison Ballroom
Session Chair: Sunday C. Aduloju|Alternate Chair: Iole Palermo
1:00–2:50PM CDT
Session Chair: Rosaria Villari|Alternate Chair: Iole Palermo
Session Chair: Arnold Lumsdaine|Alternate Chair: Ross F. Radel
Session Chair: Tyler Guin|Alternate Chair: Paul W. Humrickhouse
3:15–5:05PM CDT
Session Chair: Iole Palermo|Alternate Chair: Ethan Peterson
Session Chair: Ross F. Radel|Alternate Chair: Gerald Kulcinski
Session Chair: Charles Hirst|Alternate Chair: Lauren M. Garrison
Session Chair: Stephanie Diem|Alternate Chair: Paul P. Wilson
5:00–7:00PM CDT
Wisconsin Ballroom
Session Chair: Paul P. Wilson|Alternate Chair: Ross F. Radel
Session Chair: Lauren M. Garrison|Alternate Chair: Charles Hirst
Session Chair: Jonathan E. Menard|Alternate Chair: Ben Lindley
Session Chair: Michael J. Loughlin|Alternate Chair: Iole Palermo
Session Chair: Andrea Saltos|Alternate Chair: Michael J. Loughlin
Session Chair: Susana Reyes|Alternate Chair: Pierre-Clément A. Simon
Session Chair: Jun Ren|Alternate Chair: Minami Yoda
Session Chair: Thomas Fuerst|Alternate Chair: Sara Ferry
Session Chair: Lauren M. Garrison
8:00–9:50AM CDT
Session Chair: Monica Gehrig|Alternate Chair: Juliana Pacheco Duarte
Session Chair: Diana Grandas|Alternate Chair: Paul P. Wilson
Session Chair: Trey Gebhart|Alternate Chair: Michael Loughlin
10:15AM–12:05PM CDT
Session Chair: Kate Borowiec|Alternate Chair: Ethan Peterson
Session Chair: Paul W. Humrickhouse|Alternate Chair: Lane Carasik
Session Chair: Pierre-Clément A. Simon|Alternate Chair: Junliang Liu
1:15–3:05PM CDT
Session Chair: Fernando Arranz|Alternate Chair: Lane B. Carasik
Session Chair: Heena Mutha|Alternate Chair: Thomas Fuerst
Session Chair: Paul P. Wilson|Alternate Chair: Stephanie Diem
