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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|Special Topics
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT|Gunston East/West
Session Chair:
Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Alternate Chair:
Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
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Lead Fast Reactor Thermal Hydraulic Testing Facilities in Support of the UK Advanced Modular Reactor Program
10:45–11:05AM EDT
J. Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), C. A. Stansbury (Westinghouse Electric Co.), M. E. Durse (Westinghouse Electric Co.), D. L. Wise (Westinghouse Electric Co.), E. Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), T. G. Loebig (Westinghouse Electric Co.), R. F. Wright (Westinghouse Electric Co.), P. Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.), S.J. Lee (Fauske & Assoc.), M. Epstein (Fauske & Assoc.), M. Caramello (Ansaldo Nucleare), M. Frignani (Ansaldo Nucleare), M. Tarantino (ENEA), G. Grasso (ENEA), I. Di Piazza (ENEA), S. Bassini (ENEA), P. Lorusso (ENEA), A. Antonelli (ENEA), D. Martelli (ENEA), A. Wimshurst (Frazer-Nash Consultancy), R. Watkins (Frazer-Nash Consultancy), G. Macpherson (Frazer-Nash Consultancy), D. Wilson (Univ. Manchester), H. Iacovides (Univ. Manchester), A. Cioncolini (Univ. Manchester), J. Francis (Univ. Manchester), J. Buckley (Univ. Manchester)
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Evaluation of Steam Explosion in the Lead-Water Interaction Test Facility for Westinghouse Lead Fast Reactor Development
11:05–11:25AM EDT
M. Epstein (Fauske & Assoc.), S.J. Lee (Fauske & Assoc.), M. Tarantino (ENEA), F. Hattab (ENEA), P. Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Testing Innovative Decay Heat Removal System Through the Passive Heat Removal Facility (PHRF): Facility Description and Early Testing in Support to Lead Fast Reactor Development
11:25–11:45AM EDT
M. Caramello (Ansaldo Nucleare), M. Frignani (Ansaldo Nucleare), A. Cocucci (Ansaldo Nucleare), M. Tarantino (ENEA), J. Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), R.F. Wright (Westinghouse Electric Co.), P. Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Testing Key Lead Fast Reactor Components Through the Versatile Loop Facility (VLF): Facility Description and Early Testing in Support to Lead Fast Reactor Development
11:45AM–12:05PM EDT
M. Caramello (Ansaldo Nucleare), M. Frignani (Ansaldo Nucleare), A. Cocucci (Ansaldo Nucleare), M. Tarantino (ENEA), C. Stansbury (Westinghouse Electric Co.), P. Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
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