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Panelists discuss U.S. path to criticality in ANS webinar
The American Nuclear Society recently hosted a panel discussion featuring prominent figures from the nuclear sector who discussed the industry’s ongoing push for criticality.
Yasir Arafat, chief technical officer of Aalo Atomics; Jordan Bramble, CEO of Antares Nuclear; and Rita Baranwal, chief nuclear officer of Radiant Industries, participated in the discussion and covered their recent progress in the Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program. Nader Satvat, director of nuclear systems design at Kairos Power, gave an update on the company’s ongoing demonstration projects taking place outside of the landscape of DOE authorization.
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James E. Baciak
2024
Arthur Motta
2023
Anna S. Erickson
2022
Michael F. L'Annunziata
2021
Robert D. BuschNolan E. Hertel
2020
X. George Xu
2019
Dr. J. Wesley Hines
2018
James F. StubbinsPaul Philip Hood Wilson
2017
Dr. John G. Gilligan
2016
Rizwan Uddin
2015
John C. Lee
2014
Michael Z. Podowski
2013
Nicholas Tsoulfanidis
2012
Michael L. Corradini
2011
Daniel G. Cacuci
2010
Kenneth D. Lewis
2009
Robin P. Gardner
2008
Brian K. Hajek
2007
Sheldon Landsberger
2006
Noel R. Corngold
2005
George E. Apostolakis
2004
Paul J. Turinsky
2003
Yassin A. Hassan
2002
James S. Tulenko
2001
Jeffrey D. Lewins
2000
William E. Kastenberg
1999
Harold L. Dodds
1998
John J. Dorning
1997
Gerald C. Pomraning
1996
Edward W. Larsen
1995
Neil E. Todreas
1994
Michael M. R. Williams
1993
Karl O. Ott
1992
Elmer E. Lewis
1991
Glenn F. Knoll
1990
Herbert Goldstein
1989
Richard T. Lahey, Jr.
1988
Pietro F. (Pete) Pasqua
1987
Alexander Sesonske
1986
Gene L. Woodruff
1985
James J. Duderstadt
1984
Arthur B. Chilton
1983
Dieter Smidt
1982
Nunzio J. Palladino
1981
Merril Eisenbud
1980
John R. Lamarsh
1979
Mohammed M. El-Wakil
1978
Kent F. Hansen
1977
Terry Kammash
1976
Charles F. Bonilla
1975
David J. Rose
1974
William Kerr
1973
Harold K. Forsen
1972
Irving Kaplan
1971
Thomas H. Pigford
1970
Raymond L. Murray
1969
Manson Benedict
1968
Samuel Glasstone
1967
Norman Hilberry
