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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|Fusion and Plasma Physics
Saturday, April 15, 2023|1:35–2:55PM EDT|Student Union 262B
Session Chair:
Katie Butler (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Teja Vallabhaneni (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
This session is sponsored by the ANS Fusion Energy Division.
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Simulations of Mass and Heat Transfer using Tight Fitting Twisted Tape Inserts for 1st Wall Cooling in Molten Salt Breeder Blankets
1:35–1:55PM EDT
Sierra Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Trevor Franklin (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Ryan P. McGuire (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Amelie Lutz (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Carter Steward (Virginia Military Institute)
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Flowing Liquid Lithium Loop EM Pump and Flowmeter Calibration
1:55–2:15PM EDT
Riley Trendler (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Cody Moynihan (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Steven A. Stemmley (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), David N. Ruzic (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
HiPIMS Ion Energy Distribution Diagnostics with Positive Cathode Voltage Reversal
2:15–2:35PM EDT
Aaron W. Hackett (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), John Vincent B. Cauilan (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Zachary J. Jeckell (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
A Hybrid Plasma-Electrocatalyst Activated Process for the Synthesis of Ammonia from Air and Water
2:35–2:55PM EDT
Nitika Purohit (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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