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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NRC v. Texas: Supreme Court weighs challenge to NRC authority in spent fuel storage case
The State of Texas has not one but two ongoing federal court challenges to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that could, if successful, turn decades of NRC regulations, precedent, and case law on its head.
Technical Session
Tuesday, July 23, 2024|1:00–2:50PM CDT|Senate A/B
Session Chair:
Susana Reyes
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Pierre-Clément A. Simon (INL)
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Multi-MJ Target Designs for Inertial Fusion Energy
1:00–1:25PM CDT
A.R. Christopherson (Xcimer Energy), C. Thomas (Laboratory for Laser Energetics), M. Schmitt (LANL), S. Reyes (Xcimer Energy), N. Alexander (General Atomics), C. Galloway (Xcimer Energy)
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Challenging Common Assumptions of Thick-Wall Chamber Dynamics in Inertial Fusion Systems Using MOOSE
1:25–1:50PM CDT
Pierre-Clement A. Simon (INL), Mauricio E. Tano (INL), Nahom Habtemariam (TAMU), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU), Susana Reyes (Xcimer Energy)
Wetted Foam Target Production for IFE
1:50–2:10PM CDT
N. Alexander (General Atomics), J. Williams (General Atomics), G. Lovelace (General Atomics), W. Sweet (General Atomics), F. Elsner (General Atomics), A. Haid (General Atomics), M. Do (General Atomics), T. Nunn (General Atomics)
Development, Verification and Preliminary Validation of a Compressible Flow Solver for Modeling IFE Chambers
2:10–2:30PM CDT
N. Habtemariam (TAMU), C. Fiorina (TAMU), S. Reyes (Xcimer Energy)
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