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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Ho Nieh, TVA board members, and nuclear fuel recycling bill head to Senate floor
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Ho Nieh, the Trump administration’s nominee to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and four new board members of the Tennessee Valley Authority were approved in a vote today by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and head to the Senate floor for a final vote.
The committee also voted to advance to the Senate floor the Nuclear REFUEL Act of 2025 (S. 2082), which would smooth the regulatory pathway for recycling used nuclear fuel.
President Donald nominated Nieh on July 30 to serve as NRC commissioner for the remainder of a term set to expire June 30, 2029, which was held by former NRC commissioner Chris Hanson, who Trump fired in June.
2025 International Conference on Accelerator Applications (AccApp'25)
Targeted alpha therapy (TaT) harnesses potent α-emitters to deliver high-linear-energy radiation directly to malignant cells by a biologically active targeting vector while sparing healthy tissue. Astatine-211, with its 7.2-hour half-life and single α-emission, is an isotope of interest for TaT. At-211 is not naturally occurring and must be produced by an accelerator. The most common production route is a relatively straightforward (a,2n) reaction on a natural Bi target. Fortunately, there are a handful of existing accelerators, and several new machines that will come on-line in the future, that can produce the required 28.8MeV alpha particle beam. Simultaneous to the developments in At-211 production there are exciting advancements in At-211 chemistry. New methods of separation from the Bi matrix have been developed and experiments have elucidated the fundamental chemistry of astatine, thus enabling the downstream radiolabeling of small molecules. This talk will explore the efforts to add At-211 to the suite of alpha emitters (including Ra-223 and Ac-225) poised to advance cancer treatment.
Sherry J. Yennello is a University Distinguished Professor and Regents Professor of Chemistry, director of the Cyclotron Institute, and holder of the Bright Chair in Nuclear Science at Texas A&M University. An internationally renowned nuclear chemist and expert in heavy-ion reactions, Yennello has made transformational contributions to our understanding of nuclear reactions induced by radioactive nuclei along with the properties of neutron-rich matter and how the elements were made within the stars. She is a global authority in the use of isotopically selected beams to explore the dynamics and thermodynamics of nuclear collisions, including one of the first-ever experiments induced by a radioactive beam. She currently oversees a leading U.S. program in developing alpha-emitting radioactive isotopes that are transforming nuclear medicine as an effective treatment for inoperable tumors. Yennello is a fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the American Physical Society (APS) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her transformational research has been recognized with the ACS’s highest honor in her field — the ACS Glenn T. Seaborg Award in Nuclear Chemistry — as well as the ACS Garvin-Olin Medal.
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