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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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ANS holds Educator Training webinar on nuclear waste
Loewen
Perfetti
A recent American Nuclear Society webinar tackled misconceptions about nuclear waste. Christopher Perfetti, an associate professor of nuclear engineering at the University of New Mexico, presented “The How, Why, and Where of Nuclear Waste,” the latest online event in ANS’s Educator Training series.
Moderated by ANS past president Eric Loewen (2011–12), this presentation was built to be an accessible and informative Nuclear Waste 101 offering as part of the Society’s broader effort to develop a program specifically tailored to educating K-12 teachers.
Technical Session|Severe Accidents
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT|Fairchild East/West
Session Chair:
Florian Fichot (IRSN)
Alternate Chair:
Jeremy Bittan
Session Organizer:
Fulvio Mascari
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Coolability of a Corium Pool in a Debris Bed -- Impact of Debris Size, Steam and Liquid Flowrate, Tilting Angle and Pressure on Critical Heat Flux (CHF)
10:45–11:05AM EDT
C. Sartoris (IRSN), T. Garcin (IRSN), F. Fichot (IRSN)
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