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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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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 FCWMD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Indiana/Iowa
Session Chair:
Amanda S. Leong
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Humberto E. Garcia
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Utilizing Online Raman Spectroscopy as a Material Accountancy Tool in Electrorefining
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Drace R. Penley (ANL), Katharine Stasior (ANL), Amber Polke (ANL), Nathaniel Hoyt (ANL)
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Plutonium Disposition with NERTHUS Thermal MSR
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Kyra Lawson (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Ondrej Chvala (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Automated Molten Salt Sampling of Reprocessing Vessels
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Amber Polke (Argonne National Lab), Benjamin Cutrer (Argonne National Lab), Nathaniel Hoyt (Argonne National Lab)
Development of a Python-Based Chemical Process Model for Legacy Slag Processing
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Jolyne Worthy (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Tiffani Key (Y-12 Nat'l Security Complex), Shelby Morgan (Y-12 Nat'l Security Complex), Jamie Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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