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June 15–18, 2025
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|Fusion and Plasma Physics
Friday, April 4, 2025|10:30–11:50AM MDT|Mirage/Thunderbird
Session Chair:
Shane M. Evans
Alternate Chair:
Jared Justice
Session Organizer:
Ashley Machado
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Exploring uranium oxidation in glue vapor to help avoid catastrophic slivers on NIF targets
10:30–10:50AM MDT
Sophie Hilsabeck (Univ. California, Berkeley), Corie Horwood (LLNL)
Paper
Comparison of Capacitively Coupled Plasma and Surface Wave Plasma for the Functionalization of Graphene
10:50–11:10AM MDT
Mia K. Sawkiw (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
High-Flux High-Energy Neutron Irradiation of Fusion Materials
11:10–11:30AM MDT
Elan B. Park-Bernstein (LBNL), Roman Sobenes (LBNL)
Development of a Spectral Library for a Microwave Discharge using Zapdos
11:30–11:50AM MDT
Joshua C. Smith (NCSU), Liam King (NCSU), Noah Simon (NCSU), Steven Shannon (NCSU)
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