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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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NNSA awards BWXT $1.5B defense fuels contract
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded BWX Technologies a contract valued at $1.5 billion to build a Domestic Uranium Enrichment Centrifuge Experiment (DUECE) pilot plant in Tennessee in support of the administration’s efforts to build out a domestic supply of unobligated enriched uranium for defense-related nuclear fuel.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FED
Monday, June 16, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Los Angeles
Session Chair:
Paul W. Humrickhouse
Alternate Chair:
Pierre-Clement A. Simon
Session Organizer:
Thomas Fuerst
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Multi-Material Simulation of Jet Splashing in Inertial Fusion Energy Chambers and Blankets
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Eric Cervi (ANL), Antonio Cammi (Khalifa Univ.), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU), Kirk Flippo (Xcimer Energy), Nahom Habtemariam (TAMU), Matteo Lo Verso (Politecnico di Milano)
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Preliminary Neutronic and Thermal-Mechanical Analysis of the HYLIFE-II Chamber
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Nahom Habtemariam (TAMU), Bob Earley (Xcimer Energy), Kirk Flippo (Xcimer Energy), Susana Reyes (Xcimer Energy), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU)
Modeling of Ablation Phenomena in Inertial Fusion Chambers
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Nahom Habtemariam (TAMU), Eric Cervi (ANL), Bob Earley (Xcimer Energy), Kirk Flippo (Xcimer Energy), Susana Reyes (Xcimer Energy), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU)
Assessment of Occupation Radiation Exposure during Maintenance in ITER Upper Ports
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Moataz Harb (ORNL), Michael J. Loughlin (ORNL), Sangmesh Kalwale (US ITER), Raj G. Singh (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
Comparison Between OTSG and UTSG for DEMO Nuclear Fusion Facility Under a Loss of Flow Accident
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Jaime Valverde-Hernandez (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid), Francisco Martin-Fuertes (CIEMAT), Cesar Queral (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid), Agustín García-Berrocal (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid), Kevin Fernandez-Cosials (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid)
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