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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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American Nuclear Society on the firing of NRC Commissioner Hanson
Washington, D.C. — The American Nuclear Society (ANS) issued the following statement:
"A competent, effective, and fully staffed U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is essential to the rapid deployment of new reactors and advanced technologies. The arbitrary removal of commissioners without due cause creates regulatory uncertainty that threatens to delay America’s nuclear energy expansion."
Technical Session|Sponsored by IRD
Monday, June 13, 2022|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Avila A
Session Chair:
Hyoung K. Lee
Alternate Chair:
Igor Jovanovic
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Performance of a Grid-Refinement Method in Dual Source Localization
Manish Sharma (PNNL)
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LYSO:Ce and EMCCD Based Rapid Combined Traditional and Autoradiographic Imaging Technique for Radiological Emergency Response
Ari Foley (INL), Camille Palmer (Oregon State ), Haori Yang (Oregon State ), Julie Bowen (INL)
Developing Pu-242 Abundance Correlation Equation for Nominally Weapons Grade Pu
Jung H. Rim (LANL), Donivan R. Porterfield (LANL), Angela C. Olson (LANL), Lav Tandon (LANL)
Characterization of a Well-Type Gamma-Ray Detector for Low Activity Samples
Rawda H. Shalaby (Alexandria Univ.), Walid A. Metwally (Univ. Sharjah), Samar El-Sayed (Univ. Sharjah), Mohsen A. Mandour (Alexandria Univ.)
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