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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Panelists discuss U.S. path to criticality in ANS webinar
The American Nuclear Society recently hosted a panel discussion featuring prominent figures from the nuclear sector who discussed the industry’s ongoing push for criticality.
Yasir Arafat, chief technical officer of Aalo Atomics; Jordan Bramble, CEO of Antares Nuclear; and Rita Baranwal, chief nuclear officer of Radiant Industries, participated in the discussion and covered their recent progress in the Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program. Nader Satvat, director of nuclear systems design at Kairos Power, gave an update on the company’s ongoing demonstration projects taking place outside of the landscape of DOE authorization.
Technical Session|Radiation Detection and Imaging
Friday, April 4, 2025|1:10–2:30PM MDT|Santa Ana AB
Session Chair:
Alexandria S. Ragsdale
Alternate Chair:
Sydney A. Dowben
Session Organizer:
Ashley Machado
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Additive Manufacturing and Characterization of Polyvinyl Toluene Radiation Detectors
1:10–1:30PM MDT
Andrzej J. Korlacki (U.S. Naval Academy), Professor P. Joyce (U.S. Naval Academy), LCDR J. Latta (U.S. Naval Academy), Professor Megan M. Beromi (U.S. Naval Academy)
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Characterization of Coating Materials for Application in Compton Imaging
1:30–1:50PM MDT
Grant Roche (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), John Leland (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Angela DiFulvio (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Inelastic Neutron Scattering Applications for Soil Carbon Measurement
1:50–2:10PM MDT
Gabriela Gariazzo (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Faiza Aziz (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ming Fang (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Angela D. Fulvio (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Naveen K. Uppalapati (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Girish Chowdhary (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
3D Compton Imaging and Multisource Identification of Radioisotopes for an Integrated CZT Detector and Robot
2:10–2:30PM MDT
Jacob T. Cooper (Univ. Michigan), Bella Greenman (Univ. Michigan), Joseph Brown (Univ. Michigan), Kaixin Xue (Univ. Michigan)
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