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Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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ANS holds Educator Training webinar on nuclear waste
Loewen
Perfetti
A recent American Nuclear Society webinar tackled misconceptions about nuclear waste. Christopher Perfetti, an associate professor of nuclear engineering at the University of New Mexico, presented “The How, Why, and Where of Nuclear Waste,” the latest online event in ANS’s Educator Training series.
Moderated by ANS past president Eric Loewen (2011–12), this presentation was built to be an accessible and informative Nuclear Waste 101 offering as part of the Society’s broader effort to develop a program specifically tailored to educating K-12 teachers.
Technical Session|Fuel Cycles, Waste Management, and Decommissioning
Friday, April 4, 2025|1:10–2:30PM MDT|Acoma AB
Session Chair:
Annika Tedstrom
Alternate Chair:
Kevin Donnelly
Session Organizer:
Ashley Machado
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Streamlined Analysis of Neutron Emission from Pebble Fuels
1:10–1:30PM MDT
Holden Walker (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Multi-Purpose Canister Cell Identification and Indication System
1:30–1:50PM MDT
James Dubay (Constellation Energy), Ryan Pullara (Constellation Energy), James Peretz (Constellation Energy), Max Berkowitz (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Salvador Chavarria (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Ari Ebdon (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Mercedes Gregerson (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Caton Huynh (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Beck Krebs (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Sujit Lakshmikanth (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Benjamin Lee (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Zoe Smith (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Robert Stanley (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Charles Renz (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), David P. Wen (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Y Z (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Design and Fabrication of Jet Pump Pair for Used Nuclear Fuel
1:50–2:10PM MDT
Jeremy I. Lopez (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Theodore M. Chu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Tritium Waste Management and Disposal Techniques in the Tritium Systems Test Assembly (TSTA) Program
2:10–2:30PM MDT
Vicky Lizardi-Lobb (LANL), Claire Bullock (LANL), Victoria Hypes-Mayfield (LANL), Joseph H. Dumont (LANL)
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