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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
Friday, April 9, 2021|11:00AM–12:30PM EDT
Session Chair:
Ni Kan (NCSU)
Alternate Chair:
Ishita Trivedi
Session Organizer:
Edward Chen (NCSU)
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Session Producers:
Arsen Iskhakov (NCSU)
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Design of the Mechanical Seal for the Sight Window used for an Advanced Visualization Instrument Working in a High-Pressure, High-Temperature Environment
Alberto Cardenas Melgar (University of Idaho), Colby B. Jensen (Idaho National Laboratory), Richard N. Christensen (University of Idaho)
Paper
Developing a Graphical User Interface to Measure O2- Concentration in Molten Fluoride Salts
Kirthi Kumar (SALT Group), Haley Williams (University of California - Berkeley), Raluca O. Scarlat (University of California Berkeley)
APNS: A Nuclear Power Plant Cybersecurity Testbed for Education and Research
Trentin D. Payne (University of Tennessee Knoxville), Fan Zhang (University of Tennessee Knoxville)
K-Nearest Neighbor Approach to Determine Data Injection Attack on Radiation Sensor in IoT Based Security System
Adam L. Hooker (University of Texas at San Antonio), Miltos Alamaniotis (University of Texas at San Antonio)
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