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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Amazon provides update on its Washington project with X-energy
A year ago this month, Amazon led a $500 million investment in X-energy, alongside Citadel founder Ken Griffin, the University of Michigan, and other investors. In addition to that financing, Amazon pledged to support the development of an initial four-unit, 320-MW project with Energy Northwest in Washington state.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD|Cosponsored by RPSD
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Banyan C
Session Chair:
Yunfei Zhao (UMD)
Session Organizers:
Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
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Aircraft Accident Analysis Using FAA Flight Track Data
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Mark Joseph (Navarro Research & Engineering), William Studniarz (Project Enhancement Corp.), Luis Jovel (Project Enhancement Corp.), Nancy Fujikado (LANL)
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Causality Extraction from Nuclear Licensee Event Reports Using a Hybrid Framework
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Shahidur Rahoman Sohag (Univ. Idaho), Sai Zhang (INL), Min Xian (Univ. Idaho), Shoukun Sun (Univ. Idaho), Fei Xu (INL), Zhegang Ma (INL)
Postulating Transient Events for Molten Chloride Fast Reactors (MCFRs) with Application for Integrated Energy Systems (IESs)
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Emily V. Meilus (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Safety Considerations for Advanced Material Irradiation at the Advanced Test Reactor
11:00–11:10AM PDT
Daniel K. Sluder (INL), R. Duane Ball (INL), Nate S. Oldham (INL), Jacob L. Westacott (INL)
Determination of Highest Radiation Exposure Work in Korean Pressurized Water Reactors by the Dose Normalization
11:10–11:20AM PDT
Changju Song (Chosun Univ.), Tae Young Kong (Chosun Univ.), Seungho Jo (Chosun Univ.), Jaeok Park (Chosun Univ.)
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