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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
Standards Program
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Researchers use one-of-a-kind expertise and capabilities to test fuels of tomorrow
At the Idaho National Laboratory Hot Fuel Examination Facility, containment box operator Jake Maupin moves a manipulator arm into position around a pencil-thin nuclear fuel rod. He is preparing for a procedure that he and his colleagues have practiced repeatedly in anticipation of this moment in the hot cell.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD|Cosponsored by AAD, DESD
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Banyan C
Session Chair:
Akram Batikh (NCSU)
Alternate Chair:
Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
Session Organizers:
Yunfei Zhao (UMD)
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Guidelines for Designing Radiological Environmental Monitoring Programs for Nuclear Facilities
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Teresa Eddy (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions), Brooke Stagich (SRNL), Mike Stewart (DOE Office of Public Radiation Protection)
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RASTEP -- A Tool for Nuclear Emergency Response and Decision Making
1:20–1:40PM PDT
Manorma Kumar (Vysus Group), Sergey Galushin (Vysus Group)
Preliminary Parametric Study of Microreactor EPZ
1:40–2:00PM PDT
Erik Hisahara (Penn State), Christopher Balbier (Penn State), Saya Lee (Penn State), Rohan Biwalkar (Pittsburgh Technical), Sola Talabi (Pittsburgh Technical)
Doctor -- A Tool for Calculating Nuclear Activity Concentrations and Doses to Workers and the Public, Supporting Consequence Analyses
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Manorma Kumar (Vysus Group), Joakim Klug (Vysus Group)
Best Practices Associated with Community Engagement Panels
2:20–2:30PM PDT
Thomas Jones (Pacific Gas and Electric Co.)
Presented by Maureen Zawalick (Diablo Canyon Power Plant)
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