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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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DNFSB’s Summers ends board tenure, extending agency’s loss of quorum
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The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, the independent agency responsible for ensuring that Department of Energy facilities are protective of public health and safety, announced that the board’s acting chairman, Thomas Summers, has concluded his service with the agency, having completed his second term as a board member on October 18.
Summers’ departure leaves Patricia Lee, who joined the DNFSB after being confirmed by the Senate in July 2024, as the board’s only remaining member and acting chair. Lee’s DNFSB board term ends in October 2027.
Technical Session|Nuclear Fuels and Materials
Friday, April 5, 2024|10:15–11:35AM EDT|Hammond Room 220
Session Chair:
Alexander Hauck (Penn State)
Alternate Chair:
Katheren R. Bosson Nantes (Penn State)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog (Penn State)
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Thermal Conductivity Degradation Due to The Point Defects and Fission Products for Irradiated UO2 Fuel.
10:15–10:35AM EDT
Mutaz f. Alshannaq (Ohio State), Joshua Ferrigno (Ohio State), Marat Khafizov (Ohio State)
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Cluster Dynamics of Interstitial Extended Defects Evolution in ThO2 Under Irradiation and Post-irradiation Annealing
10:35–10:55AM EDT
Md Minaruzzaman (Ohio State), Marat Khafizov (Ohio State)
Investigating the Solubility Limit of CrF3 in FLiNaK Molten Salt
10:55–11:15AM EDT
Dana Hejazi (Univ. California, Berkeley), Alexandra M. Kennedy (Univ. California, Berkeley), Raluca O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Oxidation of FeCrAl Alloys Exposed to High-Temperature Steam and Quenching
11:15–11:35AM EDT
Victoria Davis (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lilith Miller (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Carlos E. Castano (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Reza Mohammadi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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