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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
Wednesday, September 17, 2025|10:00–11:40AM CDT|Grand Salon DE
Session Chair:
Mandy Bowles Tomaszewski (LLNL)
Alternate Chair:
Adam Walker (Y-12 Nat'l Security Complex)
Session Organizer:
Shauntay Coleman
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Impact of Aging on Geometrically Safe Equipment
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Camille Jacques-Gasnot (ORANO Projets), Gregory Caplin (ORANO Projets), Remi Vassieux (ORANO Recyclage)
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Conception of a Waste Storage Containing Fissile Materials: Evolution of the Calculation Methodology at the CEA from 1970 to our Days
10:20–10:40AM CDT
MICHAEL PRIGNIAU (CEA), JOLIVEL ROMAIN (CEA), BELAID MOULOUD (CEA)
Control Selection for the Neutralization Tank in the Aqueous Recovery System at the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Phillip Dressman (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions), Brittany M. Williamson (Spectra Tech), Jaylen Jones (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions)
Responding to Abnormal Field Conditions: Challenges and Lessons Learned
11:00–11:10AM CDT
Christian Artunduaga (Univ. Florida)
An Operational Approach to Justifying the Use of the Sum of Fractions Method
11:10–11:20AM CDT
Sandra Larson (21 Consulting Group), Kyle Moyant (Salado Isolation Mining Contractors)
Effects of a Water-Steel Reflector on k-eff for Fast Metal Systems
11:20–11:30AM CDT
Michael I. McDonald (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions), James S. Baker (Spectra Tech)
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