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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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During a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing today, Ho Nieh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as a commissioner at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, was urged to maintain the agency’s independence regardless of political pressure from the Trump administration.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Tuesday, June 13, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|Marriott 10
Session Chair:
Annabelle Le Coq
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
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Preliminary Analysis of Reactivity Initiated Accident Separate Effects Mechanical Tests on Chromium-Coated Zirconium Cladding
1:00–1:20PM EDT
Jennifer I. Espersen (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Ben E. Garrison (ORNL), Kory Linton (ORNL), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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Microstructural Evolution of Zr-702 Under Rapid Heating Profiles
1:20–1:40PM EDT
Victoria Davis (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Caleb King (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Christian England (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Carlos E. Castano (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Reza Mohammadi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Rapid Temperature Excursions and Dry Air Cooling of Zircaloy-4
1:40–2:00PM EDT
Caleb King (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Victoria Davis (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Christian England (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Carlos E. Castano (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Reza Mohammadi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Analysis of Accident Tolerant Fuel Design in Light Water Reactors
2:00–2:20PM EDT
Una Baker (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Khang Nguyen (NCSU), Jason Hou (NCSU), Yong-Joon Choi (INL)
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