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Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
Meeting Spotlight
2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Nuclear fuel cycle reimagined: Powering the next frontiers from nuclear waste
In the fall of 2023, a small Zeno Power team accomplished a major feat: they demonstrated the first strontium-90 heat source in decades—and the first-ever by a commercial company.
Zeno Power worked with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to fabricate and validate this Z1 heat source design at the lab’s Radiochemical Processing Laboratory. The Z1 demonstration heralded renewed interest in developing radioisotope power system (RPS) technology. In early 2025, the heat source was disassembled, and the Sr-90 was returned to the U.S. Department of Energy for continued use.
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1:00–1:40PM CDT
Purdue/Wisconsin|Sponsored by AAD
Session Chair: Alberto Talamo|Alternate Chair: Igor Remec
1:00–2:45PM CDT
Chicago Ballroom C|Sponsored by ANSTD
Session Chair: Dianne Ezell|Alternate Chair: Robert O'Brien
Panel|Chicago Ballroom G|Sponsored by ETWDD
Session Chair: Michelle Goodson|Alternate Chair: Sola Talabi
Panel|Indiana/Iowa|Sponsored by FCWMD
Session Chair: Charles W. Forsberg|Alternate Chair: Michael S. Smith
Los Angeles |Sponsored by FED
Session Chair: Paul W. Humrickhouse|Alternate Chair: Pierre-Clement A. Simon
Lincolnshire 1/2|Sponsored by IRD|Cosponsored by THD
Session Chair: Carol Sizemore|Alternate Chair: Dhongik Yoon
Panel|Armitage|Sponsored by MCD
Session Chair: Madicken Munk|Alternate Chair: Ryan G. McClarren
Houston/Kansas City|Sponsored by MSTD
Session Chair: Bai Cui|Alternate Chair: Rongjie Song
Michigan/Michigan State|Sponsored by MSTD
Session Chair: Caleb P. Massey|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
State|Sponsored by OPD
Session Chair: Nicolas Stauff|Alternate Chair: Jia Zhou
Panel|Belmont|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: John H. Jackson|Alternate Chair: Abdalla Abou-Jaoude
Chicago Ballroom F|Sponsored by RPSD
Session Chair: Tucker C. McClanahan|Alternate Chair: Irina I. Popova
Panel|Chicago Ballroom A|Sponsored by RRSD
Session Chair: Anamary Daniel|Alternate Chair: Young Soo Park
Panel|Chicago Ballroom B|Sponsored by THD
Session Chair: Elia Merzari|Alternate Chairs: Bao-Wen Yang, Xiaodong Sun, Yassin A. Hassan
Great America 1/2|Sponsored by THD
Session Chair: Dillon R. Shaver|Alternate Chair: Carolina Dutra
Northwestern/Ohio State|Sponsored by THD|Cosponsored by NISD
Session Chair: Haomin Yuan|Alternate Chair: Drew Ryan
Panel|Chicago Ballroom E|Sponsored by YMG
Session Chair: Anna Iskhakova|Alternate Chair: Evan S. Gonzalez
1:40–2:45PM CDT
Purdue/Wisconsin|Sponsored by DESD
Session Chair: Lynne Goodman|Alternate Chair: Miles van Noordennen
3:15–5:00PM CDT
Session Chair: Andy Griffith|Alternate Chair: Michael S. Smith
Session Chair: Bryon Curnutt|Alternate Chair: Firat Cetinbas
Addison|Sponsored by Keynotes
Session Chair: Emily R. Shemon|Alternate Chair: Haomin Yuan
Session Chair: Haiyan N. Zhao|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Panel|Armitage|Sponsored by NCSD
Session Chair: Douglas G. Bowen|Alternate Chair: Kevin H. Reynolds
Los Angeles |Sponsored by NISD
Session Chair: Aaron Epiney|Alternate Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa
Session Chair: Jia Zhou|Alternate Chair: Ben Lindley
Session Chair: Christopher M. Perfetti|Alternate Chair: Shane G. Stimpson
Session Chair: Elia Merzari
Chicago Ballroom A|Sponsored by THD
Session Chair: Prashant Jain|Alternate Chair: Jun Liao
10:00–11:45AM CDT
Panel|Indiana/Iowa|Sponsored by ETWDD
Session Chair: Stylianos Chatzidakis|Alternate Chair: Kostadin N. Ivanov
Session Chair: Elia Merzari|Alternate Chair: Igor Jovanovic
Armitage|Sponsored by MCD
Session Chair: Xu Wu|Alternate Chair: Sebastian Schunert
Session Chair: L Vergari|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Session Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa|Alternate Chair: Aaron Epiney
Session Chair: Hitesh Bindra|Alternate Chair: Ahmed Abdelhameed
Belmont|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Eleodor M. Nichita|Alternate Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni
Session Chair: Baris Sarikaya
Lincolnshire 1/2|Sponsored by THD
Session Chair: Donna Guillen|Alternate Chair: Saya Lee
Panel|Chicago Ballroom A|Sponsored by YMG
Session Chair: Ishita Trivedi|Alternate Chair: Pierre-Clément Simon
Great America 1/2|Sponsored by ETWDD
Session Chair: John Mobley|Alternate Chair: Christopher M. Perfetti
Indiana/Iowa|Sponsored by FCWMD
Session Chair: Logan Scott|Alternate Chair: Stylianos Chatzidakis
Session Chair: Walid Mohamed|Alternate Chair: Kyle Anderson
Session Chair: Elia Merzari|Alternate Chair: Tanju Sofu
Session Chair: Rongjie Song|Alternate Chair: Caleb P. Massey
Session Chair: Deborah A. Hill|Alternate Chair: John Miller
Los Angeles |Sponsored by OPD
Session Chair: Prashant Jain|Alternate Chair: Garry Young
Session Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
State|Sponsored by RPSD
Session Chair: Irina I. Popova|Alternate Chair: Tucker C. McClanahan
Chicago Ballroom B|Sponsored by THD
Session Chair: Subash L. Sharma|Alternate Chair: Xu Wu
Panel|Chicago Ballroom A|Sponsored by THD
Session Chair: Jon D. McWhirter|Alternate Chair: Bao-Wen Yang
Session Chair: Stylianos Chatzidakis|Alternate Chair: Justin Watson
Session Chair: Amanda S. Leong|Alternate Chair: Stylianos Chatzidakis
Panel|Chicago Ballroom A|Sponsored by FED
Session Chair: Pierre-Clement A. Simon|Alternate Chair: Paul W. Humrickhouse
Session Chair: Simon M. Pimblott|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Session Chair: Moataz Harb|Alternate Chair: Sebastian Schunert
Session Chair: Annabelle Le Coq|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Lincolnshire 1/2|Sponsored by NNPD
Session Chair: Robert B. Hayes|Alternate Chair: Chris Robinson
Session Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Alexander Barzilov|Alternate Chair: Tucker C. McClanahan
Session Chair: Subash L. Sharma|Alternate Chair: Elia Merzari
Los Angeles |Sponsored by THD
Session Chair: Bo Feng
8:00–9:45AM CDT
Purdue/Wisconsin|Sponsored by ETWDD|Cosponsored by FED
Session Chair: Lane B. Carasik|Alternate Chair: Patrick Shriwise
Session Chair: Sven O. Bader|Alternate Chair: Andrew R. Griffith
Chicago Ballroom C|Sponsored by FCWMD
Session Chair: Michael S. Smith|Alternate Chair: Jared A. Johnson
Lincolnshire 1/2|Sponsored by FCWMD|Cosponsored by RPSD
Session Chair: Raymond T. Klann|Alternate Chair: Irina I. Popova
Session Chair: Benjamin Beeler|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Session Chair: Simon Pimblott|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Session Chair: Doug Bowen|Alternate Chair: Douglas G. Bowen
Session Chair: Kevin T. Clarno|Alternate Chair: Brian Greene
Session Chair: Nicolas E. Stauff|Alternate Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Great America 1/2|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Emily R. Shemon|Alternate Chair: Nicolas E. Stauff
Session Chair: Moataz Harb|Alternate Chair: Tucker C. McClanahan
Chicago Ballroom G|Sponsored by RRSD
Session Chair: Adam J. Carroll|Alternate Chair: Young Soo Park
Session Chair: Saya Lee|Alternate Chair: Adam Dix
Session Chair: Yue Jin|Alternate Chair: Juliana P. Duarte
Northwestern/Ohio State|Sponsored by THD|Cosponsored by IRD
Session Chair: Yang Liu
Session Chair: Yu-Jou Wang|Alternate Chair: Evan S. Gonzalez
Session Chair: Lori Brady|Alternate Chair: Sukesh K. Aghara
Session Chair: Amanda S. Leong|Alternate Chair: Humberto E. Garcia
Lincolnshire 1/2|Sponsored by IRD
Session Chair: Igor Jovanovic|Alternate Chair: Londrea Garrett
Session Chair: Dillon R. Shaver|Alternate Chair: Koroush Shirvan
Session Chair: Lorenzo Vergari|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Armitage|Sponsored by NCSD
Session Chair: John A. Miller|Alternate Chair: Amy E. van der Vyver
Session Chair: Aaron Epiney|Alternate Chair: Ben Holtzman
Session Chair: Justin K. Watson|Alternate Chair: Guillaume Giudicelli
Los Angeles |Sponsored by RRSD
Session Chair: William C. Eason|Alternate Chair: Adam J. Carroll
Session Chair: Guanyi Wang|Alternate Chair: Adam Dix
Session Chair: Igor Bolotnov|Alternate Chair: SuJong Yoon
Session Chair: Jared A. Johnson|Alternate Chair: Humberto E. Garcia
Session Chair: Londrea Garrett|Alternate Chair: Igor Jovanovic
Session Chair: Emily R. Shemon|Alternate Chair: Zeyun Wu
Great America 1/2|Sponsored by MCD
Session Chair: Brian Kiedrowski|Alternate Chair: Sebastian Schunert
Session Chair: Arnold Pradhan|Alternate Chair: Jake Quincey
Session Chair: Deborah A. Hill|Alternate Chair: Benjamin Martin
Session Chair: Wen-Chi Cheng|Alternate Chair: Brian Greene
Los Angeles |Sponsored by OPD|Cosponsored by ANSTD, NCSD, NISD, RRSD
Session Chair: Yiqi Yu|Alternate Chair: Elia Merzari
Session Chair: Cihang Lu|Alternate Chair: Guillaume Giudicelli
Session Chair: Subash Sharma
Session Chair: Drew Ryan
Session Chair: Justin K. Watson|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Andrew R. Griffith|Alternate Chair: Jared A. Johnson
Session Chair: Lei R. Cao|Alternate Chair: Igor Jovanovic
Session Chair: Dillon R. Shaver|Alternate Chair: Thomas Fuerst
Los Angeles |Sponsored by MSTD|Cosponsored by AAD
Session Chair: Jake R. Quincey|Alternate Chair: Lin Shao
Session Chair: Natalie Cannon|Alternate Chair: Benjamin Martin
Session Chair: Brian Greene|Alternate Chair: John Parsons
Session Chair: Cihang Lu|Alternate Chair: Zeyun Wu
Session Chair: Yue Jin
