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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NRC discontinues spent fuel pool rulemaking
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is discontinuing its rulemaking activity, “Long-Term and Unattended Water Makeup of Spent Fuel Pools,” and denying a petition for rulemaking. The new rule, as requested by the petitioner, would have required nuclear power plant licensees to ensure that their spent nuclear fuel pools are capable of cooling and maintaining water levels during extended power outages.
Panel and Technical Session|Radiation Detection and Imaging
Friday, April 14, 2023|3:10–4:30PM EDT|Student Union 362B
Session Chair:
Christian Young (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Haley Davis (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
This session is sponsored by the ANS Isotopes & Radiation Division.
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Filament Extrusion Method for Additively Manufactured Scintillation Detectors
3:10–3:30PM EDT
Stephen Stokes (US Naval Academy), Olivia Belcher (US Naval Academy), Samuel Voparil (US Naval Academy)
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Design and Development of a TOF Neutron Beam Imager
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Miriam Matthew (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Sukhjinder Singh (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Yaron Danon (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Alpha Response and Mobility Analysis of Lithium Indium Phosphor Selenide
3:50–4:10PM EDT
Erick K. Hoegberg (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Amine Benkechkache (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Eric D. Lukosi (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Development of a Portable Real-Time Radiation Detector and Discriminator
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Surasak Bandasak (US Naval Academy), Joshua K. Wizgird (US Naval Academy), Hatem ElBidweihy (US Naval Academy), Brian R. Jenkins (US Naval Academy), Hau T. Ngo (US Naval Academy)
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