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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.
Technical Session|Experimental Thermal Hydraulics
Monday, August 21, 2023|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Cardozo
Session Chair:
Wade R. Marcum
Alternate Chair:
Guillaume P. Mignot
Session Organizer:
Xiaodong Sun
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Transient Rod Temperature Distribution Measurement Using Optical Fiber Sensor in Rod Bundle at High Pressure and Temperature
1:30–1:50PM EDT
Takahiro Arai (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), Riichiro Okawa (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), Atsushi Ui (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), Masahiro Furuya (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), Tsugumasa Iiyama (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), Shota Ueda (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), Kenetsu Shirakawa (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)
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Experimental Method for Measurement of Density and Viscosity of High Temperature Heat Transfer Fluid
1:50–2:10PM EDT
Jiaqi Chen (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), C. S. Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
RGB Mapping: A Dynamic Approach for Flow Pattern Identification and Classification
2:10–2:30PM EDT
David Kang (Purdue), Drew Ryan (Purdue), Seungjin Kim (Purdue)
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