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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Excel Services and GSE Solutions talk license renewal
The American Nuclear Society recently hosted a Supplier Showcase webinar, “License Renewal: Smarter, Faster, Better,” featuring two industry experts from Excel Services Corporation, a regulatory and consulting services firm, and GSE Solutions, a nuclear engineering and software company, who both shared a variety of insights into how to go through the license renewal process efficiently.
Technical Session|Lightning Talks
Tuesday, October 8, 2024|3:15–5:00PM MDT|Room 5
Session Chair:
Trishelle Marie Copeland-Johnson (INL)
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Extension of Virtual Test Bed Advanced Modeling and Simulation Capabilities for Fusion Energy
3:15–3:22PM MDT
Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Abdalla Abou Jaoude (INL), Emily Shemon (ANL)
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Fusion Material Research at Idaho National Laboratory
3:22–3:29PM MDT
Hanns Gietl (INL), Thomas F. Fuerst (INL), Chase N. Taylor (INL), L. Shayne Loftus (INL), Matthew D. Eklund (INL), Adriaan A. Riet (INL), M. Grace Burke (INL), Masashi Shimada (INL)
Fusion Breeder Blanket Tritium Extraction Systems
3:29–3:36PM MDT
Chase N. Taylor (INL), Thomas F. Fuerst (INL), Hanns Gietl (INL), Masashi Shimada (INL), L. Shayne Loftus (INL)
Modeling a Hypothetical Fusion Blanket Design Using MELCOR-TMAP
3:36–3:43PM MDT
Adriaan A. Riet (INL), Matthew D. Eklund (INL)
Forced Convection Loops for Fusion Energy Breeder Blanket Research at Idaho National Laboratory
3:43–3:50PM MDT
Thomas F. Fuerst (INL), Chase N. Taylor (INL), Hanns Gietl (INL), L. Shayne Loftus (INL), Matthew D. Eklund (INL), Adriaan A. Riet (INL), Masashi Shimada (INL)
Systems Level Fuel Cycle Modeling in TMAP8 – A Demonstration
3:50–3:57PM MDT
Adriaan A. Riet (INL)
Tokamak Energy: Showcasing the High Temperature Superconducting Spherical Tokamak Path to Fusion Energy and our Supporting R&D Activities
3:57–4:04PM MDT
Jack Astbury (Tokamak Energy), Aaron Washington (Tokamak Energy), Jim Pickles (Tokamak Energy), Samara Levine (Tokamak Energy), Mohamad Abdallah (Tokamak Energy), Emre Yildirim (Tokamak Energy), Michele Romanelli (Tokamak Energy), Sandeep Irukuvarghula (Tokamak Energy), Gurdeep Kamal (Tokamak Energy), Michael Ginsberg (Tokamak Energy)
Advanced Dosimetry Strategies for Reactor and Fusion Neutron Energies
4:04–4:11PM MDT
Thomas Holschuh (INL), Teancum Quist (INL), David L. Chichester (INL)
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