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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Nuclear News 40 Under 40—2025
Last year, we proudly launched the inaugural Nuclear News 40 Under 40 list to shine a spotlight on the exceptional young professionals driving the nuclear sector forward as the nuclear community faces a dramatic generational shift. We weren’t sure how a second list would go over, but once again, our members resoundingly answered the call, confirming what we already knew: The nuclear community is bursting with vision, talent, and extraordinary dedication.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPSD
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|State
Session Chair:
Irina I. Popova
Alternate Chair:
Tucker C. McClanahan
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How Low Must You Go? De Minimis May Not Be the Threshold You Want, But It's the One You Need
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Amir A. Bahadori (Kansas State), Lawrence Heilbronn (University of Tennessee-Knoxville), Paul Locke (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health), Lawrence T. Dauer (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
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The Stress Effect: How Radiophobia Skews Low-Dose Radiation Epidemiology
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Robert B. Hayes (NCSU)
Evaluation of Tissue Equivalency of Skin Imitation Layer for Localized Skin Dose Assessment
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Han Cheol Yang (Hanyang Univ.), Seung Beom Goh (Hanyang Univ.), Yong Kyun Kim (Hanyang Univ.)
Radiation Transport Modeling of Porous Structures at High Temperatures
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Nicholas Crenshaw (The University of Texas at Austin), Austin Lo (GenAlpha Nuclear Technologies LLC), William S. Charlton (The University of Texas at Austin)
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