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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Moving forward with clarity
Hash Hashemianpresident@ans.org
The theme of this year’s Winter Conference—already less than two months away—is “Building the Nuclear Century.” This focus reflects one of my chief goals during my presidency: streamlining the deployment of new power plants. However, I want to emphasize that this call to build extends far beyond a sole focus on new commercial reactors. As an industry, it’s critical that we keep momentum going across every area that supports the nuclear community.
So, while new reactor announcements are undeniably exciting and a logical benchmark to see the positive progress we’re making, we must continue to ensure that there is space to elevate, focus on, and celebrate crucial work in the fields of isotope production, waste management, public outreach, workforce training, and beyond. The call to build is a call to innovate and collaborate in every sector. It’s a call we need to follow.
Technical Session
Saturday, April 10, 2021|11:00AM–12:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Lakshitha Kaleyanda (NCSU)
Alternate Chair:
Ishita Trivedi
Session Organizer:
Edward Chen (NCSU)
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Session Producers:
Alp Tezbasaran (NCSU)
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Review of Nuclear Rocket Instrumentation
Bailey T. Bertrand (University of Tennessee Department of Nuclear Engineering), David M. Sikorski (University of Tennessee Department of Nuclear Engineering), Dan Floyd (University of Tennessee Department of Nuclear Engineering)
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Space Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Design
Arthur E. Chadwick (Virginia Commonwealth University), Meryem Murphy (Virginia Commonwealth University), Gustavo Monge (Virginia Commonwealth University), Ryan Blackwell (Virginia Commonwealth University), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Fast Fission Reactor for Lunar Habitation and Work
Jack DiLoreto (University of Michigan), James K. Pelkey (University of Michigan), Keegan D. Pombier (University of Michigan), Jeremy Eshbaugh (University of Michigan), Dale B. Lancaster (University of Michigan)
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