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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
Tuesday, September 16, 2025|1:00–2:40PM CDT|Grand Salon AB
Session Chair:
Natalie Cannon (Georgia Tech)
Alternate Chair:
Jesson D. Hutchinson
Session Organizer:
Rowdy Davis
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Spacing and Subcritical Separation Distance: Not as Simple as You Think
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Theresa Cutler (LANL), Kristin Stolte (LANL), Rene Sanchez (LANL), Peter Brain (LANL)
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Loading Curve Parameter Study Based on the OECD/NEA/NSC/WPNCS SG13 Study
1:20–1:40PM CDT
M. Frankl (Paul Scherrer Institute), A. Declerck (Paul Scherrer Institute), A. Vasiliev (Paul Scherrer Institute), H. Ferroukhi (Paul Scherrer Institute)
Global Sensitivity Analysis of a Frequency Domain Reactor Noise Methodology using Welch's Method for the KRUSTY Experiment
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Schuyler J. Tyler (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Jesson D. Hutchinson (LANL), Flynn. B. Darby (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Shaun D. Clarke (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Sara A. Pozzi (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Investigation into Low Temperature Effects on Criticality of Highly Enriched Uranium Systems
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Rowan T. Johnson (LANL), Geordie E. McKenzie (LANL)
MUSiC: Application and Efficacy of Organic Scintillators for Leakage Multiplication Measurements of HEU Systems
2:20–2:30PM CDT
Arel D'Agostino (LANL), John Mattingly (NCSU), Jesson Hutchinson (LANL), Robert A. Weldon Jr. (LANL)
SCALE/KENO Validation Benchmark for Spent Fuel Pool Criticality Analyses
2:30–2:40PM CDT
David S. Orr (Duke Energy), Robert A. Hall (Duke Energy)
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