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June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Findings of the ANS Executive Order Expert Advisory Group
On May 23, President Donald Trump signed four Executive Orders (EOs) designed to “usher in a nuclear energy renaissance” by building on federal policies and programs and directing efficiencies in the licensing, siting, development, and deployment of advanced reactor technologies.
In order to evaluate the specific proposals contained in the EOs, a group of experts was convened from various sectors of the U.S. nuclear technology enterprise, under the auspices of the ANS External Affairs Committee, to compare the EOs against existing ANS board-approved Position Statements and to offer constructive input for subsequent implementation by the Trump administration.
The group’s findings and feedback, which were delivered by ANS CEO Craig Piercy to ANS President Lisa Marshall and the Board of Directors, are listed below, grouped by individual EO.
Technical Session
Friday, April 9, 2021|2:30–4:30PM EDT
Session Chair:
Joshua Hoffman (Univ. of Ill., Urbana-Champaign)
Alternate Chair:
Ishita Trivedi
Session Organizer:
Edward Chen (NCSU)
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Session Producers:
William Dawn (NCSU)
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Design of a Pulsed Power Facility to Handle High Fusion Yields
Levi Welch (University of MIchigan), Ryan D. McBride (University of Michigan Ann Arbor), Grant Young (Univ. of Michigan), Jack Tait (Univ. of Michigan)
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A Comparison of Ablative Performance of Materials for Use in Tokamak Diverter Region
Leigh Winfrey (Pennsylvania State University), Alec Cacheris (University of Tennessee Knoxville), Vincent Cintron (Pennsylvania State University), Sean R. Kosslow (Pennsylvania State University)
Photon Energy Deposition; EPEC Experiments Modeled via MCNP
Thomas Schlitt (AFIT), Darren Holland (AFIT), James Bevins (AFIT)
OpenFOAM Modeling of Beryllium Splashing in Fusion Devices
Gennady Miloshevsky (Virginia Commonwealth University), Cheng Zhang (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Fusion Material Joint and Composite Testing by Three Point Bending
Jean Paul Allain (Pennsylvania State University), John R. Echols (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Lauren M. Garrison (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Nathan C. Reid (University of Illinois)
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