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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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DNFSB’s Summers ends board tenure, extending agency’s loss of quorum
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The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, the independent agency responsible for ensuring that Department of Energy facilities are protective of public health and safety, announced that the board’s acting chairman, Thomas Summers, has concluded his service with the agency, having completed his second term as a board member on October 18.
Summers’ departure leaves Patricia Lee, who joined the DNFSB after being confirmed by the Senate in July 2024, as the board’s only remaining member and acting chair. Lee’s DNFSB board term ends in October 2027.
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10:30AM–12:10PM MDT
Panel|Twin Falls Room
Session Chair: Todd Tofil|Alternate Chairs: Sebastian Corbisiero, Vedant K. Mehta
Boise Room
Session Chair: Kelsa B. Palomares|Alternate Chair: Vedant Mehta
Idaho Falls Room
Session Chair: Harold Gerrish|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts
1:30–3:10PM MDT
Session Chair: Sebastian C. Corbisiero|Alternate Chair: Vedant Mehta
Session Chair: Michael C. Miller|Alternate Chair: Sebastian C. Corbisiero
Session Chair: Kurt Polzin
3:45–5:25PM MDT
Session Chair: Christofer E. Whiting|Alternate Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck
Session Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck|Alternate Chair: Katey E. Lenox
Twin Falls Room
Session Chair: Michael G. Houts|Alternate Chair: Kurt Polzin
Session Chair: Justin Coleman|Alternate Chairs: Sebastian C. Corbisiero, Vedant K. Mehta
Session Chair: Jean-Pierre Fleurial|Alternate Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck
Session Chair: Andrew L. Presby|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts
Session Chair: Pattrick Calderoni|Alternate Chair: Vedant Mehta
Session Chair: Chadwick D. Barklay|Alternate Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck
Session Chair: Michael G. Houts|Alternate Chairs: Kurt Polzin, Vedant K. Mehta
Session Chair: N. Dianne B. Ezell|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts
Session Chair: Katey E. Lenox|Alternate Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck
Session Chair: Jean-Pierre Fleurial|Alternate Chairs: Austen D. Fradeneck, Vedant K. Mehta
Session Chair: Aditya Shivprasad|Alternate Chair: Vedant Mehta
Session Chair: David I. Poston|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts
Session Chair: Robert C. O'Brien|Alternate Chairs: Sebastian C. Corbisiero, Vedant K. Mehta
Session Chair: Ethan Chaleff|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts
Session Chair: Kurt Polzin|Alternate Chairs: Sebastian C. Corbisiero, Vedant K. Mehta
Session Chair: Thierry Caillat|Alternate Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck
Session Chair: Lee S. Mason|Alternate Chair: Vedant Mehta
Session Chair: Robert C. O'Brien|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts
Session Chair: Youssef A. Ballout|Alternate Chairs: Sebastian C. Corbisiero, Vedant K. Mehta
