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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Russia withdraws from 25-year-old weapons-grade plutonium agreement
Russia’s lower house of Parliament, the State Duma, approved a measure to withdraw from a 25-year-old agreement with the United States to cut back on the leftover plutonium from Cold War–era nuclear weapons.
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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