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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Russia withdraws from 25-year-old weapons-grade plutonium agreement
Russia’s lower house of Parliament, the State Duma, approved a measure to withdraw from a 25-year-old agreement with the United States to cut back on the leftover plutonium from Cold War–era nuclear weapons.
Technical Session
Wednesday, September 17, 2025|3:15–4:55PM CDT|Grand Salon AB
Session Chair:
Amy E. van der Vyver
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
John A. Miller
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Domestic and International Consensus Standards for Nuclear Criticality Safety - Overview & Status
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL)
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Nuclear Criticality Safety Standards: Overview of the Areas Covered by the ANSI/ANS-8 and the ISO/WG8 series
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Michael Prigniau (CEA), Aurélie Bardelay (ASNR), Grégory Caplin (ORANO Projets), Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL)
Criticality Accident Alarm Systems: Comparison between ISO 7753:2023 and ANSI/ANS-8.3-2022
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Michael Laget (CEA), Matthieu Duluc (Framatome), Adrien Gallozzi-Ulmann (ASNR), Julien Rannou (ASNR)
Comparison of ISO 27468 and ANS 8.27 Standards on Burnup Credit
4:15–4:25PM CDT
Grégory Caplin (ORANO)
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