The meeting program will cover all transportation modes, with more than 5,000 presentations in over 800 sessions and workshops, addressing topics of interest to policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions. A number of sessions and workshops will focus on the spotlight theme for the 2017 meeting: Transportation Innovation: Leading the Way in an Era of Rapid Change.

Study the long-term degradation of used fuel storage systems to develop the technical basis for extended storage well beyond the current license period; share knowledge and research; coordinate research activities among ESCP participants; plan for a demonstration for dry storage of high burnup used fuel.

IAEA Consultancy Meeting on the Development of Spent Fuel Management E-Learning Modules

Sponsored by the INMM Packaging, Transportation and Disposition Technical Division, this annual event specifically targets key issues in Spent Fuel Management and is international in scope.

This conference will support the consultation process that is ongoing in South Australia, following the final report by the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission as well as the report of the first citizens’ jury. At the time of ANFC16, the report of the second citizens’ jury is scheduled to have been issued.

Review progress on consent based siting and centralized interim storage facilities:

Assess the public comment on consent based siting and its impact on achieving interim storage options
Get the latest from SONGS, VY, Pilgrim & FitzPatrick:

Hear from the executives leading the shutdown strategy of the US’ most recently shuttered nuclear plants
Learn from complex clean-up at DOE sites:

Use lessons learned from the nation’s largest nuclear clean-up sites to help your spent fuel, contracting and demolition plans
Be prepared for every eventuality:

PATRAM, the International Symposium on the Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Materials, is a series of symposia that brings together worldwide experts from government, industry, and research organizations to exchange information on all aspects of packaging and transportation of radioactive materials.