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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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A webinar, and a new opportunity to take ANS’s CNP Exam
Applications are now open for the fall 2025 testing period for the American Nuclear Society’s Certified Nuclear Professional (CNP) exam. Applications are being accepted through October 14, and only three testing sessions are offered per year, so it is important to apply soon. The test will be administered from November 12 through December 16. To check eligibility and schedule your exam, click here.
In addition, taking place tomorrow (September 19) from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. (CDT), ANS will host a new webinar, “How to Become a Certified Nuclear Professional.” More information is available below in this article.
Technical Session
Monday, September 26, 2022|1:10–3:15PM PDT|Grand Pacific D
Session Chair:
Davide Mazzucconi (Politecnico di Milano)
Alternate Chair:
Georgeta Radulescu (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Thomas M. Miller (ORNL)
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Overview of ORNL SCALE Shielding Analyses for Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation and Storage Applications
1:10–1:35PM PDT
Georgeta Radulescu (ORNL), Cihangir Celik (ORNL), Peter Stefanovic (ORNL)
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Decommissioning-Oriented Design of Concrete Bunker in a Medical Cyclotron Facility: A Case Study
1:35–2:00PM PDT
Andrea Pola (Politecnico di Milano), Davide Mazzucconi (Politecnico di Milano), Davide Bortot (Politecnico di Milano), Alessandro Porta (Politecnico di Milano), Stefano Agosteo (Politecnico di Milano)
Radiological Characterization Studies for the CNGS Dismantling
2:00–2:25PM PDT
Claudia Ahdida (CERN), Elzbieta Nowak (CERN), Christelle Saury (CERN), Heinz Vincke (CERN), Helmut Vincke (CERN)
Activation Calculation Using Three-Dimensional Monte Carlo Code in a Pressurized Water Reactor
2:25–2:50PM PDT
Takuma Sugihara (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Tomohiro Ogata (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Kuniaki Konishi (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Shozo Komori (Kyushu Electric Power Co.), Yasuaki Inokuchi (Kyushu Electric Power Co.)
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