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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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NRC nominee Nieh commits to independent safety mission
During a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing today, Ho Nieh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as a commissioner at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, was urged to maintain the agency’s independence regardless of political pressure from the Trump administration.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Great America 1/2
Session Chair:
Justin K. Watson
Alternate Chair:
Ishita Trivedi
Session Organizer:
Kyle C. Hartig
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The Role of Nuclear Training Center in the Smallest Nuclear Country
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Igor Jencic (Jozef Stefan Institute), Tomaž Skobe (Jožef Stefan Institute), Vesna S. Borišek (Jožef Stefan Institute)
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Social Readiness Level and Natural Language Processing: Tools for Measurement and Management of Societal Acceptance of Nuclear Energy
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Hyungjin Kim (Penn State University), Saya Lee (Penn State University), Nonna Sorokina (Penn State University), Darshana Sunoj (Penn State University)
Lessons and Inspiration from Recently-Digitized Archival Nuclear Films
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Nick W. Touran (What is Nuclear)
Advanced Visualization of the Radiation Cast by a Dry Spent Fuel Cask for Public Outreach
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Noel B. Nelson (ORNL), Abiodun I. Adeniyi (ORNL), Dane deWet (ORNL), Georgeta Radulescu (ORNL)
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