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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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At the Idaho National Laboratory Hot Fuel Examination Facility, containment box operator Jake Maupin moves a manipulator arm into position around a pencil-thin nuclear fuel rod. He is preparing for a procedure that he and his colleagues have practiced repeatedly in anticipation of this moment in the hot cell.
Technical Session|Radioisotope Power Systems
Wednesday, May 8, 2024|1:00–2:40PM MDT|Sweeney A
Session Chair:
Elizabeth Bluhm
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Adam Parkison (ORNL)
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Conceptual Spacer Design for the ATR GEN I Target for Pu-238 Production in the Advanced Test Reactor at Idaho National Laboratory
1:00–1:25PM MDT
Jill Mitchell (INL)
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Process Improvement for Pu-238 Production at Idaho National Laboratory
1:25–1:50PM MDT
William S. Green (INL), Andrew J. Zillmer (INL), Jill R. Mitchell (INL), Erik Rosvall (INL), Brittany Grayson (INL), Austen D. Fradeneck (INL), Kevin M. Geddes (INL), Randel Paulsen (INL), Justin D. Lower (INL)
Pu-238 Production Progress at Idaho National Laboratory from December 2022 to December 2023
1:50–2:15PM MDT
William S. Green (INL), Andrew J. Zillmer (INL), Jill R. Mitchell (INL), Erik Rosvall (INL), Brittany J. Grayson (INL), Ryan L. Marlow (INL), Austen D. Fradeneck (INL), Jonathan K. Foster (INL), Kevin M. Geddes (INL), Mark A. Hill (INL), Paul F. O'Donnell Jr. (INL)
Processing of Tritium Sources from Surface to Space
2:15–2:40PM MDT
Krystine Pimentel (City Labs), Peter Cabauy (City Labs), Jesse Grant (City Labs), Mark Stone (City Labs), Thomas E. Adams (Naval Surface Warfare Center)
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