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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Bipartisan commission report urges national fusion strategy
In the report Fusion Forward: Powering America’s Future issued earlier this month by the Special Competitive Studies Project’s (SCSP) Commission on the Scaling of Fusion Energy, it warns that the United States is on the verge of losing the fusion power race to China.
Noting that China has invested at least $6.5 billion in its fusion enterprise since 2023, almost three times the funding received by the U.S. Department of Energy’s fusion program over the same period, the commission report urges the U.S. government to prioritize the rapid commercialization of fusion energy to secure U.S. national security and restore American energy leadership.
SCSP is a nonpartisan, nonprofit initiative making recommendations to strengthen America’s long-term competitiveness in emerging technologies. Launched in fall 2024, the 13-member commission is led by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D., Wash.) and Jim Risch (R., Idaho), along with SCSP president and commission co-chair Ylli Bajraktari.
Technical Session
Thursday, November 11, 2021|2:50–4:50PM EST
Session Chair:
Michelle (Shelby) Bensi (Univ Maryland)
Alternate Chair:
Andrea Maioli (Westinghouse)
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Session Producer:
John Greenwood
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GOFACS: Generator of Fragility Assessment for Coupled Systems, Structures and Components
2:50–3:20PM EST
Marine Marcilhac (IRSN), Nadia Rahni (IRSN), Emmanuel Raimond (IRSN), El Hadi Moussi (Phimeca Engineering), Karina Macocco (Phimeca Engineering), Gaëtan Blondet (Phimeca Engineering)
Paper
Simplified Bayesian Network Framework for Beyond-Design-Basis PRA
3:20–3:50PM EST
Pragya Vaishanav (NC State Univ.), Saran Srikanth Bodda (NC State Univ.), Abhinav Gupta (NC State Univ.)
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Quantification of Human Error Probability of SBLOCA Mitigation Actions of a Pressurized Water Reactor
3:50–4:20PM EST
T.C. Wang (National Tsing Hua Univ.), M. Lee (National Tsing Hua Univ.), Y.M. Chen (Texas A&M Univ.)
Methodology to Streamline Periodic Seismic Safety Evaluations of Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Structures Systems and Components (SSCs)
4:20–4:50PM EST
Sai Chowdeswara Rao Korlapati (RIZZO International), Yigit Isbiliroglu (RIZZO International), Yogesh Rathod (RIZZO International), Cengiz Erdogan (RIZZO International), Piyush Mehta (RIZZO International), Nish Vaidya (RIZZO International), Olivier Nusbaumer (Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt)
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