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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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From renaissance to reality: Infrastructure for a global nuclear fuel cycle
Dale Klein
This article was adapted from the author’s speech during a plenary at the 21st International Symposium on the Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Materials (PATRAM 2025), San Antonio, Texas, July 2025.
There has been a lot of discussion lately about reforming the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. But I want to be clear: When it comes to nuclear safety and security, there is no place for partisan politics. I support efforts to streamline regulatory processes, but the independence and integrity of the NRC must remain sacrosanct. If we are serious about expanding nuclear power and reclaiming our global leadership in nuclear technology, having a strong independent regulator is fundamental.
Right now, we’re on the edge of a global nuclear resurgence driven by rising demand from data centers, growing concerns about energy security, and the need to decarbonize industry.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MCD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Jasmine B
Session Chair:
Jeremy Roberts
Alternate Chair:
Sebastian Schunert
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A Study on Simplified Energy and Geometry-Based MC for Recurring Equivalence to Continuous Energy MC
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Inhyung Kim (Univ. California, Berkeley), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Paper
Investigation of Doppler Broadening Methods Within the Shift Monte Carlo Radiation Transport Code
3:35–3:55PM PDT
Amanda M. Bachmann (ANL), Seth R. Johnson (ORNL), Shane W.D. Hart (ORNL), Elliott D. Biondo (ORNL), Thomas M. Evans (ORNL)
Exploratory Data Analysis of Long-Term Meteorological Data at a DOE Site for Nuclear Safety
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Xiao-Ying Yu (ORNL)
Implementation and Verification of Element-Wise Density and Temperature Specifications in MCNP6 Unstructured Mesh Simulations
4:15–4:35PM PDT
Pablo A. Vaquer (LANL), Michael E. Rising (LANL), Joel A. Kulesza (LANL), Colin A. Weaver (LANL)
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New and Improved Capabilities in SCALE's Monte Carlo Code Shift
4:35–4:45PM PDT
Tara Pandya (ORNL), Tarek Ghaddar (ORNL), Matthew Jessee (ORNL), Rike Bostelmann (ORNL), Steven Hamilton (ORNL), Seth Johnson (ORNL)
Evolutionary Algorithm Fitting of X-Ray Fluorescence Data for Elemental Analysis
4:45–4:55PM PDT
Jason Clifford (ANL), Alexander Heifetz (ANL), Madis Michor (Univ. Illinois, Chicago), Mark Schlossman (Univ. Illinois, Chicago)
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