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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 IRD|Cosponsored by THD
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Lincolnshire 1/2
Session Chair:
Walid Mohamed (ANL)
Alternate Chair:
Kyle Anderson (ANL)
Track Organizer:
Erik H. Wilson (ANL)
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Progress Toward the Low Enrichment Uranium Fuel Conversion of the MIT Research Reactor
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Lin-Wen Hu (MIT), V. Mascolino (ANL), S. Yang (ANL), K. Anderson (ANL), A. S. Hebden (ANL), E. Wilson (ANL)
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Flow Testing for Hydraulic Performance Evaluation of USHPRR LEU Conversion
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Guanyi Wang (ANL), Cezary Bojanowski (ANL), Aaron Weiss (Oregon State), Alexander Westerberg (Oregon State), Andrew Hebden (ANL), Firat Cetinbas (ANL), Walid Mohamed (ANL), Wade Marcum (Oregon State), Erik Wilson (ANL)
Estimating Heat Generation and Energy Deposition in Low-Enriched Uranium Foil Targets
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Kyoung Lee (ORNL), David Chandler (ORNL), Nolan Goth (ORNL), Jim Nash (ORNL)
Preliminary Comparison of Depletion Solver Methods for MITR-II Fuel Management Codes
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Emilio Ahuactzin-Garcia (MIT), Kyle E. Anderson (ANL), Valerio Mascolino (ANL), Lin-Wen Hu (MIT), Erik H. Wilson (ANL)
A Progress Update on the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) LEU Conversion to a Monolithic Alloy of U 10Mo under NNSA's USHPRR Project
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Maria Pinilla (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor), Valerio Mascolino (ANL), Austin J. Schnieders (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Caleb Braun (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor), Cezary Bojanowski (ANL), Firat Cetinbas (ANL), Guanyi Wang (ANL), Dhongik S. Yoon (ANL), David Jaluvka (ANL), Earl Feldman (ANL), John A. Stillman (ANL), Andrew Hebden (ANL), Walid Mohamed (ANL), Erik H. Wilson (ANL)
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