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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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PR: American Nuclear Society welcomes Senate confirmation of Ted Garrish as the DOE’s nuclear energy secretary
Washington, D.C. — The American Nuclear Society (ANS) applauds the U.S. Senate's confirmation of Theodore “Ted” Garrish as Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
“On behalf of over 11,000 professionals in the fields of nuclear science and technology, the American Nuclear Society congratulates Mr. Garrish on being confirmed by the Senate to once again lead the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy,” said ANS President H.M. "Hash" Hashemian.
Technical Session|Severe Accidents
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Fairchild East/West
Session Chair:
Jeremy Bittan (EdF)
Alternate Chair:
Fabio Giannetti (Univ of Rome)
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Comparison Between EDF MAAP5.04, EPRI MAAP5.06 and CATHARE Codes on Hypothetical Accidental Transients Leading to a Core Damage on the NUWARD SMR Design
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Jeremy Bittan (EDF)
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The iPWR MELCOR 2.2 Parametric Sensitivity Analysis
3:50–4:10PM EDT
Mateusz Malicki (Paul Scherrer Institute), Piotr Darnowski (Warsaw Univ. Technology), Terttaliisa Lind (Paul Scherrer Institute)
Analyses of the MELCOR Capability to Simulate Integral PWR Using Passive Systems
4:10–4:30PM EDT
F. Giannetti (Sapienza Univ. Rome), M. Imperatori (Sapienza Univ. Rome), M. D'Onorio (Sapienza Univ. Rome), M. Garcia (CIEMAT), L. E. Herranz (CIEMAT), A. Bersano (ENEA), F. Mascari (ENEA)
Advanced FCVS System Using Silver Zeolite AgX, AgR and XeA
4:30–4:50PM EDT
Yoshihiro Ishikawa (Rasa Industries), Koji Endo (Rasa Industries), Tadashi Narabayashi (Tokyo Institute of Technology), D. Suckow (Paul Scherrer Institute), F. Espegren (Paul Scherrer Institute), T. Lind (Paul Scherrer Institute), J. Mantzaras (Paul Scherrer Institute), V.K. Arumugam (Paul Scherrer Institute), J. Theile (Paul Scherrer Institute), Yuta Nakasaka (Hokkaido Univ.), Yasuhiro Kawahara (Kimura Chemical Plants Co.)
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Sensitivity Analysis of Heat Transfer Limit Under IVR-ERVC Condition Based on a Newly Developed CHF Model
4:50–5:10PM EDT
Gang Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.), Shilei Han (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.), Bo Kuang (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.), Pengfei Liu (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.)
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