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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
Standards Program
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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NRC’s hybrid AI workshop coming up
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will host a hybrid public workshop on September 24 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Eastern time to discuss its activities for the safe and secure use of artificial intelligence in NRC-regulated activities.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|3:15–5:40PM PDT|Huntington B/C
Session Chair:
Arnie Lumsdaine (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Leigh Winfrey
Session Organizer:
Paul W. Humrickhouse (ORNL)
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Material Plasma Exposure eXperiment (MPEX) High Heat-Flux Microwave Absorbers Design, Manufacture, and Articles Test
Muhammad A. Hussain (ORNL), Vivek Rao (ORNL), Nathan Branch (ORNL), Travis Gray (ORNL), Adam Kubik (ORNL), Adam M. Aaron (ORNL), Kirby Logan (ORNL), Stephen Stewart (ORNL), Arnold Lumsdaine (ORNL), Guy S. Showers (Penn State), Ryan L. Romesberg (Penn State), Douglas E. Wolfe (Penn State)
Paper
Performance Comparison of Helium and sCO2 as Coolants for Modular Finger-Type Divertors
Michael L. Lanahan (Georgia Tech), Said I. Abdel-Khalik (Georgia Tech), Minami Yoda (Georgia Tech)
Qualification and Commissioning of Helium Flow Loop Experiment for Blanket Design Measurements
Cody S. Wiggins (ORNL), Dennis L. Youchison (ORNL), Fayaz Rasheed (ORNL), Charles E. Kessel (ORNL), Monica Gehrig (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Michael Harper (ORNL), Adam J. Carroll (ORNL), Dean McGinnis (ORNL), Michael Morrow (ORNL), Chase Joslin (ORNL)
Thermohydraulic Design Analysis of the Target Assembly for the Material Plasma Exposure eXperiment Facility
Adrian S. Sabau (ORNL), Aftab Hussain (ORNL), Adam M. Aaron (ORNL), Federico Gallo (ORNL)
Ball Milling -- A Low-Cost, High-Throughput Analog for Tritium-Aging of Hydrides?
George K. Larsen (SRNL)
Influence of Microstructure on the Absorption of Tritium into Gold-Plated 316 Stainless Steel
Matthew Sharpe (Univ. Rochester), W. T. Shmayda (Univ. Rochester)
Direct Investigation of Hydrogen Isotope Permeation in Group V Metals & Alloys
Kacie A. Breeding (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Steven J. Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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