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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 NCSD|Cosponsored by FCWMD, RPD
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Jasmine G
Session Chair:
Kelsey Amundson
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Alternate Chair:
Jesse Brown
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Current Overview of Neutron Moderator Thermal Scattering Kernels for HALEU-Fueled Advanced Reactors
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Iyad I. Al-Qasir (ORNL), K. Lisa Reed (ORNL), W.J. Marshall (ORNL), Mathieu N. Dupont (ORNL), Chris W. Chapman (ORNL), Donny Hartanto (ORNL), Walid A. Metwally (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
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Nuclear Data Sensitivity/Uncertainty Studies of Tantalum-Reflected Systems
1:20–1:40PM PDT
J. Hutchinson (LANL), R. Bulso (LANL), T. Cutler (LANL), N. Kleedtke (LANL), R. Little (LANL), I. Michaud (LANL), M. Rising (LANL)
Data Assimilation Using Deterministic Sampling Method to Selectively Reduce Uncertainty due to Thermal Neutron Scattering Law for Light Water
1:40–2:00PM PDT
Yoshinari Harada (Nagoya Univ.), Hibiki Yamaguchi (Nagoya Univ.), Tomohiro Endo (Nagoya Univ.), Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.), Kenichi Tada (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Neutronics Study of HTR-10: Impact of Graphite Porosity Representation in ENDF/B-VIII.1 TSLs
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Kemal Ramic (ORNL), Iyad Al-Qasir (ORNL), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Chris W. Chapman (ORNL), Anne Campbell (ORNL), Kyle B. Grammer (ORNL), Zain Karriem (ORNL), Jose Ignacio Marquez Damian (European Spallation Source ERIC), Mark Baird (ORNL), Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL), Luke Daemen (ORNL), Eric Novak (ORNL), Jesse Brown (ORNL), Goran Arbanas (ORNL), Luiz Leal (ORNL), Germina Ilas (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
Cross-Section Sensitivity Studies on Sodium-Cooled Fast Neutron Reactor Isotopes
2:20–2:30PM PDT
A.C. Hellinger (PNNL), C.E. Goodson (PNNL), S.M. Lyons (PNNL)
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