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Friday, August 1, 2025
7:00 AM – 11:00 AM CST
Registration Open

7:00 AM – 11:00 AM CST

Registration Open

Location: Pre-Function Space

7:00 AM – 11:00 AM CST
Speaker Ready Room Open

7:00 AM – 11:00 AM CST

Speaker Ready Room Open

Location: Conference Room 22

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM CST
Speaker Breakfast

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM CST

Speaker Breakfast

Location: Pearl 3

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CST
Companion Program Breakfast

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CST

Companion Program Breakfast

Location: Pearl 1-2

8:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST
Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Cladding for Spent Nuclear Fuel

8:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST

Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Cladding for Spent Nuclear Fuel

Location: Salons A-B

8:40 AM – 9:00 AM CST

Analysis of Zirconium Hydride Structures in Spent Fuel Claddings Subjected to Storage Conditions

Location: Salons A-B

Presenting Author: Uwe Zencker, n/a – Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)

9:00 AM – 9:20 AM CST

Verification of the Thermal Analysis Method Based on Thermal Tests Using a Full-Scale Cask Model

Location: Salons A-B

Presenting Author: Yuto Murata, N/A, n/a – Plant Component Designing Section, Nuclear Plant Component Designing Department, Nuclear Energy Systems, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

9:20 AM – 9:40 AM CST

The Impact of Cooling Rate and Hydrogen Concentration on Hydride Morphology in Zircaloy-4

Location: Salons A-B

Presenting Author: Peter Kaufholz, n/a – BGZ Company for Interim Storage

9:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST

A Methodology to Estimate Fracture Parameters of Cladding With Hydride Considering Variability in Hydride Morphology

Location: Salons A-B

Presenting Author: SEYEON KIM, Ph.D. – Keimyung University

8:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST
Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Radioactive Packaging Families

8:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST

Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Radioactive Packaging Families

Location: Salons C-D

8:40 AM – 9:00 AM CST

The CASTOR geo family - Insights into a worldwide back-end solution

Location: Salons C-D

Presenting Author: Frank Jüttemann, n/a – GNS

9:00 AM – 9:20 AM CST

Packages for Radioactive Waste Transportation

Location: Salons C-D

Presenting Author: Jérôme THOMAS, n/a – www.robatel.fr

9:20 AM – 9:40 AM CST

The TN Eagle, an innovative modular family of packages with a proven high level of safety

Location: Salons C-D

Presenting Author: Sébastien Pire, n/a – Orano NPS

9:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST

GNS T-Box – Development, Prototyping and Testing to license a High-Capacity Decommissioning Solution for Storage and Transportation

Location: Salons C-D

Presenting Author: David Bergandt, n/a – Container Projects and Equipment

8:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST
Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Dose Assessment for Radioactive Materials Transportation

8:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST

Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Dose Assessment for Radioactive Materials Transportation

Location: Salons E-F

8:40 AM – 9:00 AM CST

New Tool for Route-Dependent Consideration of the Incident-Free Radiation Exposure of the Population During the Transport of Radioactive Substances

Location: Salons E-F

Presenting Author: Karsten Spieker, n/a – GRS gGmbH

9:00 AM – 9:20 AM CST

Preliminary Assessment of the Potential Risk Associated with the Clearance of Bulk Quantities of Metal Waste during Decommissioning and Its Implications

Location: Salons E-F

9:20 AM – 9:40 AM CST

MONITORING EXPOSURE TO IONIZING RADIATION OF WORKERS IN RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES IN FRANCE

Location: Salons E-F

Presenting Author: Oumar Telly BAH, n/a – Department of Radiation Protection Expertise, Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Authority (ASNR)

9:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST

Feedback on Dosimetry of Monazite Transport

Location: Salons E-F

Presenting Author: Florian Darras, n/a – Orano NPS

8:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST
Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Emergency Planning

8:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST

Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Emergency Planning

Location: Conference Room 1-4

8:40 AM – 9:00 AM CST

The Hazards Presented by Electric Vehicle in the Event of a Road Traffic Collision

Location: Conference Room 1-4

Presenting Author: Stephen Bates, n/a – AWE

9:00 AM – 9:20 AM CST

An Assessment of Road and Rail Collision Statistics and Mitigation Strategies in Canada

Location: Conference Room 1-4

Presenting Author: Gabriel Rodriguez, P.Eng, PMP – Nuclear Waste Management Organization

9:20 AM – 9:40 AM CST

High Burnup Research Cask Transport Incident Recovery Planning

Location: Conference Room 1-4

Presenting Author: Jay Thomas, n/a – U.S. Department of Energy

9:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST

Industry Activities for Emergency Preparedness and Response for the Transport of Radioactive Material
– Consideration of Updated IAEA Safety Standards and Capability Building Assistance by WNTI – Interim Storage

Location: Conference Room 1-4

Presenting Author: Hirotaka Nojima, n/a – Nuclear Fuel Transport Co., Ltd.

8:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST
Concurrent Technical Session – REG: Forums for RAM Transportation

8:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST

Concurrent Technical Session – REG: Forums for RAM Transportation

Location: Conference Room 16-17

8:40 AM – 9:00 AM CST

History of the PATRAM Symposia

Location: Conference Room 16-17

Presenting Author: Douglas Ammerman, n/a – Sandia National Laboratories

9:00 AM – 9:20 AM CST

RAMTUC…… ‘a Problem Shared’ - UK Industry Working Together

Location: Conference Room 16-17

Presenting Author: Tracey Inwood, BEng (Hons) – Nuclear Restoration Services Ltd

9:20 AM – 9:40 AM CST

NDA Partner of Choice

Location: Conference Room 16-17

Presenting Author: Beverley A. Stothart, n/a – Nuclear Transport Solutions

9:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST

Operational Challenges in Transportation of Radioactive Materials

Location: Conference Room 16-17

Presenting Author: Allarakha Vora, n/a – World Nuclear Association - London | ORGNM

8:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST
Concurrent Technical Session – SEC: Monitoring and Tracking Materials in Transit

8:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST

Concurrent Technical Session – SEC: Monitoring and Tracking Materials in Transit

Location: Conference Room 20-21

8:40 AM – 9:00 AM CST

Fusing Edge Computing with Transport Security by Leveraging the Controller Area Network Transport Security and Tracking Unit (C-STAR)

Location: Conference Room 20-21

Presenting Author: Adian Cook, n/a – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

9:00 AM – 9:20 AM CST

Development of an Integrated Security and Safety Monitoring System for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Waste Transportation

Location: Conference Room 20-21

Presenting Author: Gerard A. Jackson, n/a – US Department of Energy

9:20 AM – 9:40 AM CST

Commercialization of the Transportation-Security, Tracking, and Reporting System (T-STAR)

Location: Conference Room 20-21

Presenting Author: Michael Schultze, n/a – ORNL

9:40 AM – 10:00 AM CST

ARG US Remote Monitoring Activities at Idaho National Laboratory

Location: Conference Room 20-21

Presenting Author: Sam Trost, n/a – Idaho National Laboratory

10:00 AM – 10:20 AM CST
Refreshment Break

10:00 AM – 10:20 AM CST

Refreshment Break

Location: Salons G-M

10:20 AM – 11:40 AM CST
Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Criticality Concerns

10:20 AM – 11:40 AM CST

Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Criticality Concerns

Location: Conference Room 20-21

10:20 AM – 10:36 AM CST

Assessment of a Sophisticated PWR Burn-Up Credit Application

Location: Conference Room 20-21

Presenting Author: Benjamin Ruprecht, n/a – Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE)

10:36 AM – 10:52 AM CST

Quantifying the Impact of Sensitivity/Uncertainty Methods on Upper Subcritical Limit Calculations for Nuclear Transportation Packages

Location: Conference Room 20-21

10:52 AM – 11:08 AM CST

Impact of Low Temperatures on Nuclear Criticality Safety for Transport of Fissile Materials Containing Plastic

Location: Conference Room 20-21

Presenting Author: Nadège Kodratoff, n/a – ASNR

11:08 AM – 11:24 AM CST

Criticality Safety Assessment for a New Design High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium Transport Package (Pegasus)

Location: Conference Room 20-21

Presenting Author: Emma Sayce, MSc – Nuclear Transport Solutions

11:24 AM – 11:40 AM CST

Calculations of Subcritical Limits in ANSI/ANS-8.1

Location: Conference Room 20-21

Presenting Author: Travis Greene, n/a – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

10:20 AM – 11:40 AM CST
Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Energy Absorbing Materials

10:20 AM – 11:40 AM CST

Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Energy Absorbing Materials

Location: Salons A-B

10:20 AM – 10:40 AM CST

The Design of Radial Honeycomb Lattices for Impact Energy Absorption in Radioactive Materials Packages

Location: Salons A-B

Presenting Author: William Johnson, n/a – Savannah River National Laboratory

10:40 AM – 11:00 AM CST

The FENOSOL™ foam: a perfect shock absorbing material for nuclear material transportation packages

Location: Salons A-B

Presenting Author: Fabien LABERGRI, n/a – www.robatel.fr

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM CST

Behaviour of a Wooden Shock Absorber Under Full-Scale ACT Fire Conditions

Location: Salons A-B

Presenting Author: Franz Peter Kattner, n/a – GNS mbH

11:20 AM – 11:40 AM CST

LS-DYNA Dynamic Impact Analysis of the eVinci™ Transportation Cask: Laboratory Tests for Aluminum Honeycomb Material Characterization

Location: Salons A-B

Presenting Author: Roberto Garcia, n/a – Westinghouse

10:20 AM – 11:40 AM CST
Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Mechanical Testing & Data Acquisitions

10:20 AM – 11:40 AM CST

Concurrent Technical Session – DESIGN: Mechanical Testing & Data Acquisitions

Location: Salons C-D

10:20 AM – 10:36 AM CST

Design, Engineering, Construction and Commissioning of the Large Drop Test Facility at IABG Lichtenau

Location: Salons C-D

Presenting Author: Christian Hoeppner, Dipl. Ing. Univ. – IABG mbH

10:36 AM – 10:52 AM CST

Next Generation Data Acquisition Concept

Location: Salons C-D

Presenting Author: Brendan L. Nation, n/a – Sandia National Labs

10:52 AM – 11:08 AM CST

Paragon D&E Packaging Testing

Location: Salons C-D

Presenting Author: Paul S. Blanton, BSME – Tetra Tech, HEI

11:08 AM – 11:24 AM CST

Confirmatory Fabrication Leakage Rate Tests on “As-Built” Legacy Type B Packagings

Location: Salons C-D

Presenting Author: Aleksandr Gelfond, n/a – EnergySolutions LLC

11:24 AM – 11:40 AM CST

ORNL Package Testing Program Overview

Location: Salons C-D

Presenting Author: Oscar Martinez, martinezoa@ornl.gov – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

10:20 AM – 11:40 AM CST
Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Emerging Technologies

10:20 AM – 10:36 AM CST

Drums Scanning and Use of AI Computer Vision to Verify Physical Compliance

Location: Salons E-F

Presenting Author: Vincent Leger, n/a – ORANO NPS

10:36 AM – 10:52 AM CST

AI-based Documentation Analysis for Safety Assessment of Packages for Radioactive Material

Location: Salons E-F

Presenting Author: Tobias Gleim, Dr. – Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)

10:52 AM – 11:08 AM CST

Enhancing Safety and Security through AI-Driven Risk Assessments in Radioactive Material Transportation

Location: Salons E-F

Presenting Author: jessica dapelo, MBA PMP – TSUG

11:08 AM – 11:24 AM CST

Deploying Automation Technology supporting Packaging and Transportation Operations: Project Update 2025

Location: Salons E-F

Presenting Author: Richard Koenig, n/a – SRNS

10:20 AM – 11:40 AM CST
Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Source Removal + Recovery II

10:20 AM – 11:40 AM CST

Concurrent Technical Session – OPS: Source Removal + Recovery II

Location: Conference Room 1-4

10:20 AM – 10:40 AM CST

Supporting Permanent Risk Reduction: Transporting Sources from Challenging Locations

Location: Conference Room 1-4

10:40 AM – 11:00 AM CST

Enhancing Public Safety and Security One Recovery at a Time: Removing High-Activity Disused Sources from U.S. Facilities

Location: Conference Room 1-4

Presenting Author: Troy Taylor, n/a – Idaho National Laboratory

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM CST

Case Study on Planning and Operations for the Packaging and Transport of Three Radioactive Sources in the Country of Brazil

Location: Conference Room 1-4

Presenting Author: Rogério Pimenta Mourao, PhD, Nuclear Technology – Center for the Development of Nuclear Technology - CDTN

11:20 AM – 11:40 AM CST

Safe Transport During Repatriation of Sealed High Activity Radioactive Sources (SHARS) From Cameroon: Operational Safety Measures Taken During Transport of Sealed High Activity Radioactive Sources (SHARS) Are Reported

Location: Conference Room 1-4

Presenting Author: Jean Felix BEYALA ATEBA, n/a – Radiological Safety and Nuclear Security Authority

10:20 AM – 11:40 AM CST
Concurrent Technical Session – SEC: Risk and Threat Analysis

10:20 AM – 11:40 AM CST

Concurrent Technical Session – SEC: Risk and Threat Analysis

Location: Conference Room 16-17

10:20 AM – 10:40 AM CST

Secure Route: Roadway Risk Mapping for Transportation Planners

Location: Conference Room 16-17

Presenting Author: Robert Stewart, Ph.D. – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

10:40 AM – 11:00 AM CST

Emerging Threats to Transport Security of Nuclear and Other Radioactive Material: National Perspective

Location: Conference Room 16-17

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM CST

Advancing Multipath Vulnerability Analysis for Physical Protection Systems of Nuclear Facilities: Integrating Uncertainty and Enhanced Methodologies

Location: Conference Room 16-17

Presenting Author: Helen Mariam Tony, n/a – Amity University Uttar Pradesh

11:40 AM CST
Symposium Adjourns

11:40 AM CST

Symposium Adjourns