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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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Christmas Night
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Lantana
Session Chair:
Teresa Portone (Sandia)
Alternate Chair:
Chun Chang (LBNL)
Session Organizer:
Emily R. Stein
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Review of Groundwater Flow and Transport Modeling at DOE's Legacy Sites for Improving the Fidelity of Performance Assessments
1:00–1:20PM MST
Haruko M. Wainwright (MIT), Amy Jordan (Neptune), Laren Foster (Neptune), Steve Yabusaki (PNNL), Philip Long (LBNL), Stefan Finsterle (Finsterle GeoConsulting), Paul Black (Neptune)
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Use of Virtual Tracers in Repository Performance Assessment Modeling
1:20–1:40PM MST
Paul E. Mariner (Sandia), Eduardo Basurto (Sandia), Dusty M. Brooks (Sandia), Rosie C. Leone (Sandia), Teresa Portone (Sandia), Laura P. Swiler (Sandia)
Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis of FMD Model Choice for a Generic Crystalline Repository
1:40–2:00PM MST
Dusty Brooks (Sandia), Laura Swiler (Sandia), Paul Mariner (Sandia), Teresa Portone (Sandia), Eduardo Basurto (Sandia), Rosie Leone (Sandia)
Effects of Discrete Fracture Network Modeling Choices on Repository Performance Characteristics
2:00–2:20PM MST
Mariah Smith (Sandia), Teresa Portone (Sandia), Laura Swiler (Sandia)
Validation of the Sampling Methodology of Statistical Fracture Network Realizations for Three-Dimensional Nuclide Transport Analysis
2:20–2:40PM MST
Fumiko Yoshida (Nuclear Waste Mgmt. Org. Japan), Hiroyuki Umeki (Nuclear Waste Mgmt. Org. Japan), Hiromitsu Saegusa (Nuclear Waste Mgmt. Org. Japan), Kazuaki Mitsuyama (QJ Science), Hirokazu Takahashi (QJ Science), Wataru Haneishi (QJ Science), Hiroyasu Takase (QJ Science)
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