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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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White House taps Douglas Weaver for NRC role
The Trump White House has nominated seasoned nuclear regulatory expert Douglas Weaver for a commissioner seat on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. If confirmed, Weaver would fill the seat vacated by NRC commissioner Annie Caputo, who resigned in July.
Weaver’s nomination was sent earlier today to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. If confirmed, he would finish the remainder of Caputo’s term, which expires June 30, 2026.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Tuesday, June 13, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EDT|Marriott 2
Session Chair:
Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)
Alternate Chair:
Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Session Organizer:
Wade R. Marcum
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Impacts of Primary Heat Exchanger Design on Heat Pipe Microreactor Power Conversion (revised September 2023)
10:00–10:20AM EDT
Curtis Foster (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ian Jentz (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Gregory F. Nellis (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mark Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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Preliminary Evaluation of Thermal Performance for Spent Fuel Pool Passive Cooling System with Thermosyphon and Water Jacket
10:20–10:40AM EDT
Min Suk Lee (KAIST), Sanghoon Lee (KAIST), Wooseong Park (KAIST), Yong Hoon Jeong (KAIST)
Numerical Study of Fission Particle Transport in Ventilation Ducts in Nonreactor Nuclear Facilities: Case Study of Circular and Square Ducts with T-Junctions
10:40–11:00AM EDT
Thien Nguyen (ORNL), William McCarter (ORNL), Scott Nelson (ORNL), Joanna McFarlane (ORNL)
Graphite Dust Facilitated FP Transport Investigation for Improvement of Deposition Models
11:00–11:20AM EDT
R. Chavez (TAMU), M. Stephenson (TAMU), N.K. Anand (TAMU), Y.A. Hassan (TAMU), Mitchell Stephenson (TAMU)
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