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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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PR: American Nuclear Society welcomes Senate confirmation of Ted Garrish as the DOE’s nuclear energy secretary
Washington, D.C. — The American Nuclear Society (ANS) applauds the U.S. Senate's confirmation of Theodore “Ted” Garrish as Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
“On behalf of over 11,000 professionals in the fields of nuclear science and technology, the American Nuclear Society congratulates Mr. Garrish on being confirmed by the Senate to once again lead the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy,” said ANS President H.M. "Hash" Hashemian.
Technical Session
Thursday, September 29, 2022|1:15–3:20PM PDT|Harbor
Session Chair:
Kristel Ghoos (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Daniela Ene (SCK CEN)
Session Organizer:
Thomas M. Miller (ORNL)
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Radiation Protection and the Design of the Shielding Envelope at the MINERVA Facility
1:15–1:40PM PDT
Daniela Ene (SCK CEN), Yurdunaz Celik (SCK CEN), Adrian Fabich (SCK CEN), Alexey Stankovskiy (SCK CEN)
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Radiation Field due to Beam Losses and Back Streaming in the Proton Beam Handling Room of the MINERVA Full Power Facility
1:40–2:05PM PDT
Yurdunaz Celik (SCK CEN), Willem Leysen (SCK CEN), Daniela Ene (SCK CEN), Alexey Stankovskiy (SCK CEN), Gert Van den Eynde (SCK CEN)
Shielding Calculations with the Unstructured Mesh Model of the ORNL's Second Target Station
2:05–2:30PM PDT
Lukas Zavorka (ORNL), Igor Remec (ORNL)
Analysis of the Preliminary Bunker Shielding Design with a Mix of Populated and Unpopulated Neutron Beamlines at the Spallation Neutron Source Second Target Station
2:30–2:55PM PDT
Thomas M. Miller (ORNL), Paul Mueller (ORNL), Kumar Mohindroo (ORNL), Igor Remec (ORNL)
Shielding Analyses for SNS Accelerator Power Upgrade
2:55–3:20PM PDT
I. Popova (ORNL), F. X. Gallmeier (ORNL)
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