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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Building momentum for a stronger ANS
Hash Hashemianpresident@ans.org
The 2025 ANS Annual Conference in Chicago was a powerful springboard to begin my term as president. With over 1,400 attendees, it was one of our most dynamic gatherings in recent memory—full of energy, ideas, and a shared commitment to advancing nuclear science and technology.
As we move forward, my focus is clear: to elevate the role of nuclear in environmental protection, national security, energy diversity, and grid stability. These priorities are not just strategic—they are essential to a cleaner, more resilient future.
The goals I laid out at the conclusion of the Board of Directors meeting in June are simple, but I am sure they will be effective in engaging our community.
One simple change to start is the move away from the term meetings—the American Nuclear Society now uses the term conferences to describe its two yearly flagship gatherings, to more appropriately reflect the more than 1,000 attendees that these events bring together.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPSD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Banyan C
Session Chair:
Adam Hecht
Alternate Chair:
Alexander Barzilov
Session Organizer:
Irina I. Popova
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MCNP6 Evaluation of Exposure Dose Rates from a 252Cf-Based Neutron Irradiator for NAA
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Livia Fernandes Barros (MIT), Jiankai Yu (MIT), Michael Philip Short (MIT), Tolga Durak (MIT), Edward Lamere (MIT), Mitchell S. Galanek (MIT), Akmal Safarov (Samarkand State Univ.), Haruko M. Wainwright (MIT)
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Improvements on Oktavian Modeling with MCNP6.3
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Micky Dzur (LANL), Jerawan Armstrong (LANL), Chelsea D'Angelo (LANL)
Automated Vector Analysis Using Particle Swarm Optimization
10:40–11:00AM PDT
John C. Stooksbury (Bechtel)
Solution Grown Hybrid Halide Perovskite Single Crystals for Photon Detectors
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Kaleab Ayalew (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), Shea Tonkinson (Univ. New Mexico), Alexandria Ragsdale (Univ. New Mexico), Maya Narayanan Kutty (Univ. New Mexico), Ganesh Balakrishnan (Univ. New Mexico), Adam Hecht (Univ. New Mexico), Jaeyun Moon (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), Alexander Barzilov (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas)
Tempest™: A Monte Carlo Code for Radiation Transport with Combined Native CAD and CSG Geometries
11:20–11:30AM PDT
Carl Hughes (Orthrus Software), Peter Taylor (Orthrus Software), Daniel Cork (Cerberus Nuclear)
Attachment — Tempest Paper
Integrating AI Assistant Technology into Cyclone™ for Simplified MCNP® Syntax Generation
11:30–11:40AM PDT
Daniel Cork (Cerberus Nuclear), John Billingsley (Cerberus Nuclear), Tu Nguyen (Cerberus Nuclear), Andrew Smith (Cerberus Nuclear), Peter Taylor (Orthrus Software)
Attachment — Cyclone Sage Paper
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