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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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NNSA awards BWXT $1.5B defense fuels contract
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded BWX Technologies a contract valued at $1.5 billion to build a Domestic Uranium Enrichment Centrifuge Experiment (DUECE) pilot plant in Tennessee in support of the administration’s efforts to build out a domestic supply of unobligated enriched uranium for defense-related nuclear fuel.
Technical Session|Fusion and Plasma Physics
Friday, April 5, 2024|1:35–2:55PM EDT|Leonhard Building Room 102
Session Chair:
Matthew Leoschke
Alternate Chair:
Chase C. Hargrove
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog
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Effects of Temperature and Polarity on Plasma Electrolytic Process for Nitrogen Fixation
1:35–1:55PM EDT
Emily Gillmore (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Brandon Kamiyama (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Mohan Sankaran (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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Design and Fabrication of a High Aspect Ratio Sensor for Semiconductor Manufacturing Diagnostics
1:55–2:15PM EDT
Alexandra M. Peevy (NCSU), Natalie Coon (NCSU), Nathaniel T. Rogalski (NCSU), Tanjina Akter (NCSU)
Elastic Cross Section of Tin Ions in an Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Source
2:15–2:35PM EDT
Jack Gerrity (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Nathan Bartlett (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), David N. Ruzic (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Analysis of Fluoroelastomer and Perfluoroelastomer Degradation in Various Plasma Conditions
2:35–2:55PM EDT
Collin W. Jeckell (University of Illinois), Nick Connolly (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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