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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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During a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing today, Ho Nieh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as a commissioner at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, was urged to maintain the agency’s independence regardless of political pressure from the Trump administration.
Technical Session|Reactor Physics
Saturday, April 6, 2024|3:15–4:35PM EDT|Hosler Room 026
Session Chair:
Caroline E. Ishak (Penn State University)
Alternate Chair:
Katheren R. Bosson Nantes (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan Balog (Penn State University)
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Development of a Hybrid Neutron Transport Solver
3:15–3:35PM EDT
Hirepan Palomares Chavez (Chalmers Univ. Technology)
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Analysis of Metal Hydroxides as Coolants/Moderators for Small Modular Reactors
3:35–3:55PM EDT
Michael Brandt (U.S. Naval Academy), Stuart R. Blair (U.S. Naval Academy)
Variance Reduction within Implicit Monte Carlo Thermal Radiation Transport Using the Local Importance Function Transform
3:55–4:15PM EDT
Max S. Hollett (Oregon State)
Quickly Generating ORIGEN XS Libraries with OBIWAN in Preparation for MSR Thermochemical Analysis
4:15–4:35PM EDT
Kyle J. Luna (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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