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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Former NRC commissioners lend support to efforts to eliminate mandatory hearings
A group of nine former nuclear regulatory commissioners sent a letter Wednesday to the current Nuclear Regulatory Commission members lending support to efforts to get rid of mandatory hearings in the licensing process, which should speed up the process by three to six months and save millions of dollars.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Huntington B/C
Session Chair:
Jedediah D. Styron (TAE Technologies)
Alternate Chair:
Tim D. Bohm
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Advancing Methods for Fusion Neutronics: An Overview of Workflows and Nuclear Analysis Activities at UKAEA
Alex Valentine (UKAEA), Thomas Berry (UKAEA), Steven Bradnam (UKAEA), Tim Eade (UKAEA), James Hagues (UKAEA), James Hodson (UKAEA), Jonathan Naish (UKAEA), Chantal Nobs (UKAEA), Lee W. Packer (UKAEA), Ross Worrall (UKAEA)
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Development and Applications of OpenMC for Fusion Technology R&D
Ethan E. Peterson (MIT), Paul K. Romano (ANL), Patrick C. Shriwise (ANL), Zach S. Hartwig (MIT)
Overview of the Fusion Evaluated Nuclear Data Library (FENDL)
Tim D. Bohm (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Georg Schnabel (International Atomic Energy Agency), Roberto Capote (International Atomic Energy Agency), Andrej Trkov (Josef Stefan Institute)
Shut-Down Dose Rate Calculations for ITER B1 Port Cell 16
Kara M. Godsey (ORNL), Bor Kos (ORNL)
Activation and Waste Disposal Rating Analysis of the FESS-FNSF
Son N. Quang (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jonathan Wing (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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