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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Ho Nieh, TVA board members, and nuclear fuel recycling bill head to Senate floor
Nieh
Ho Nieh, the Trump administration’s nominee to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and four new board members of the Tennessee Valley Authority were approved in a vote today by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and head to the Senate floor for a final vote.
The committee also voted to advance to the Senate floor the Nuclear REFUEL Act of 2025 (S. 2082), which would smooth the regulatory pathway for recycling used nuclear fuel.
President Donald nominated Nieh on July 30 to serve as NRC commissioner for the remainder of a term set to expire June 30, 2029, which was held by former NRC commissioner Chris Hanson, who Trump fired in June.
Technical Session
Tuesday, May 9, 2023|3:45–5:25PM MDT|Idaho Falls Room
Session Chair:
N. Dianne B. Ezell
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Michael G. Houts
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Vaporization Impact for Liquid Core Nuclear Thermal Rockets: A Retrospective
3:45–4:05PM MDT
Dakota Santana (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville), Keith Hollingsworth (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville)
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Uranium Mass Loss in a Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Propulsion System via Droplet Entrainment
4:05–4:25PM MDT
John Seekins (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville), Jason Cassibry (Univ. Alabama, Hunstville)
A Review of the NERVA Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Challenges with Criticality Under Accident Conditions
4:25–4:45PM MDT
Susan S. Voss (GNNA), Patrick McClure (Kilo Power), David Poston (Kilo Power)
Hydrogen Supersaturation in Flow Tubes During NTP Reactor Shutdown
4:45–5:05PM MDT
Kasturi Khatun (Center for Space Nuclear Research), Zyed Ansary (Center for Space Nuclear Research), Manikandan Pandiyan (Center for Space Nuclear Research), Steve Herring (Center for Space Nuclear Research), Brad Kirkwood (Center for Space Nuclear Research)
Fission Product and Dose Calculations for NASA Space Nuclear Propulsion
5:05–5:25PM MDT
Luke Cornejo (BWX Technologies), Herschel Smith (BWX Technologies), Reed Herner (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Shane Stimpson (BWX Technologies)
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