b'EFFICIENT AND INNOVATIVE NUCLEAR MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS9.05 Global Perspectives on Advances in Nuclear Safety Management9.06 Radioactive Containment Ventilation9.07 Project Management Improvements-Planning through Completion-Scope, Cost, & Schedule Control9.08 Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) Applications in Radioactive WM9.09 Modular Solutions for Radioactive Waste and Nuclear Materials Processing, Environmental Operations9.10 Advancing Fixative Technologies for Extreme Environments: Innovations and Challenges9.11 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Use at Nuclear and Industrial Facilities and Cleanup9.12 Wearable Robot Use at Nuclear and Industrial Facilities and Cleanup Sites9.13 Industrial and Specialty Robot Use at Nuclear and Industrial Facilities and Cleanup9.14 Alternative Reality Technologies Use at Nuclear and Industrial Facilities and Cleanup Sites9.15 The Connected Worker: Integrating Workers and Technology in the Work10 - LEVERAGING EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR THE FUTURE (STEM)Robert O. Berry, Foxfire Scientific Inc (Lead Co-Chair), V: +44 161 292 7990, E: berry@foxfirescientific.comJudith Connell, Fluor (Co-Chair), V: +1 509-531-4484, E: judy.connell@fluorgov.comAnn Riedesel, Fluor Mission Solutions (Co-Chair), V: +1 208-569-6320, E: ann.riedesel@fluorgov.comThis track is dedicated to education programs that will produce the next generation of professionals who will support the nuclear/waste management industry. Panels and sessions will focus on education essentials and best practices in both US and non-US settings. Topics will include: (a) defining future US and global workforce needs; (b) addressing the imminent gap in a qualified workforce; (c) educating and preparing the potential talent pool; (d) developing and deploying applications and tools to prepare students for careers in the nuclear and adjacent industry; (e) supporting education programs through outreach to academics and teachers; and (f) the importance of education in technical solutions for worldwide problem solving. For clarification, Track 10 is focused on education initiatives that help fill the pipeline to create our industrys workforce (grade school, undergraduate, graduate, trade, etc.); once they join the workforce, any additional education initiatives are part of Track 8 topics (workforce management and professional development type topics).10.00Leveraging Education Programs for the Future (STEM) Topics - Non-specified Abstracts10.01Leveraging Education Programs for the Future (STEM) Topics - Posters10.02 Pathway to the Futures Workforce10.03 Programs and Initiatives that Foster K-10 STEM Learning10.04 Student Poster Competition: Future Industry Leaders11 - ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTORS FOR ELECTRICAL POWER AND OTHER APPLICATIONTjalle (Chuck) Vandergraaf, Consultant (Lead Co-Chair), V: +1 204-753-8402, E: ttv@alumni.psu.eduRobert Miklos, Veolia (Co-Chair), V: +1 208-881-8042, E: bob.miklos@vnsfs.comMyron Kaczmarsky, Holtec Government Services (Co-Chair), V: +1 856-797-0900 ext. 3657, E: m.kaczmarsky@holtec.comThis track includes advanced nuclear reactors for electrical power and other applications. Other applications could include seawater desalination, district heating, hydrogen gas production, industrial process heat & power supply, fuel synthesis, etc. The Track includes advancements in research, development, and deployment of advanced reactor technologies and programs addressing safety, technical, economics, security, regulations, socio-political and environmental needs. Potential sessions focused on recognizing technical barriers, technology development needs, regulatory barriers, and expanding designs to create improvements in current existing reactor designs. Specific advanced reactor concepts discussed include the traditional base load large reactors, Small Modular Light Water Reactors (SMRs), Liquid Metal Cooled Fast Reactors (LMFR), High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors (HTGR), Molten Salt Reactors (MSR) microreactors and fusion. It also includes Net Zero and optimizing the economics by reducing costs from fabrication through construction to operations to D&D/ Used Nuclear Fuel and waste disposal.11.00Advanced Nuclear Reactors for Electrical Power and Other Applications - Non-specified Abstracts11.01Advanced Nuclear Reactors for Electrical Power and Other Applications - Posters11.02 Advanced Nuclear Reactors for Electrical Power Production11.03 Applications of Advanced Nuclear Reactors Including Fusion11.04 Advanced Micro-Reactors and Mobile/ Barge/ Ship Reactors - Electrical Power and Other Applications12 - MISCELLANEOUS AND NON-SPECIFIED ABSTRACTS PENDING TOPIC OR TRACK ASSIGNMENTGary Benda, WM Symposia, Inc. (Lead Co-Chair), V: +1 803-345-2170, E: gbenda@wmsym.orgTerry Sams, WM Symposia, Inc. (Co-Chair), V: 509-420-0217, E: tsams@wmsym.orgThis Track serves two independent miscellaneous functions (MISC). First, authors unsure of the best topic number can assign their abstract to Topic 12.0 where it will be reviewed and reassigned by the WM PAC Chair to the appropriate topic. The second function is to assimilate late abstracts for the only WM poster topic (12.01) besides the Student Poster topic (10.04) that doesnt require a full paper. It will also accept abstracts where the authors do not want to prepare a paper or are delinquent in meeting the deadlines. It will accept abstracts until December 31, 2025. All other poster topics will require an accompanying paper.12.00Miscellaneous and Non-specified Abstracts Pending Topic or Track Assignment 12.01Non-Paper Poster Topic for Emerging Issues and Late Abstracts7'