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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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At the Idaho National Laboratory Hot Fuel Examination Facility, containment box operator Jake Maupin moves a manipulator arm into position around a pencil-thin nuclear fuel rod. He is preparing for a procedure that he and his colleagues have practiced repeatedly in anticipation of this moment in the hot cell.
Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021
Technical Session|Panel
Friday, December 3, 2021|8:00–9:45AM EST |Georgetown East
Session Chairs:
Lawrence E. Boing (ANL)
Dustin G. Miller
Session Organizers:
Joseph Carignan (Carignan & Assoc.)
Student Assistant:
Jaden Miller
This panel will review the history of nuclear decommissioning in the United States and internationally and discuss lessons learned that can be applied to today's decommissioning practices.
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