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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|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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