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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Findings of the ANS Executive Order Expert Advisory Group
On May 23, President Donald Trump signed four Executive Orders (EOs) designed to “usher in a nuclear energy renaissance” by building on federal policies and programs and directing efficiencies in the licensing, siting, development, and deployment of advanced reactor technologies.
In order to evaluate the specific proposals contained in the EOs, a group of experts was convened from various sectors of the U.S. nuclear technology enterprise, under the auspices of the ANS External Affairs Committee, to compare the EOs against existing ANS board-approved Position Statements and to offer constructive input for subsequent implementation by the Trump administration.
The group’s findings and feedback, which were delivered by ANS CEO Craig Piercy to ANS President Lisa Marshall and the Board of Directors, are listed below, grouped by individual EO.
Technical Session
Wednesday, July 24, 2024|10:15AM–12:05PM CDT|Senate A/B
Session Chair:
Paul W. Humrickhouse
Alternate Chair:
Lane Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Session Organizer:
Jan W. Coenen
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Hydrogen Transport through the Liquid-Vapor Interface Implemented in MELCOR-TMAP Code for Fusion Systems Modeling and Analysis
10:15–10:40AM CDT
Matthew D. Eklund (INL), Adriaan A. Riet (INL), Thomas F. Fuerst (INL), Chase N. Taylor (INL), Hanns Gietl (INL), Masashi Shimada (INL)
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Increasing Technology Readiness of Systems in the Fuel Cycle Through R&D and SPARC Design
10:40–11:05AM CDT
H.K. Mutha (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), P. Byrne (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), C. Chrobak (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), E. Dombrowski (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), J. Carmichael (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), A. Hollingsworth (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), M. Fillion (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), A.Q. Kuang (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), S. Knipe (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), S.R. Mahmud (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), B. Post (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), K. Ryan (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), R. Sweeney (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), R. Shah (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), C.R. Shmayda (Torion Plasma Corp.), W.T. Shmayda (Tritium Solutions), C. Tesluk (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), F. Ravelli (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
Tritium Extraction from FLiBe using a Permeation Against Vacuum (PAV): Impact of Surface Potentials, Currents, and Coupling PAV to Sacrificial Anodes
11:05–11:25AM CDT
Luke Olson (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions), Chris Dandeneau (SRNL), Adam Gootgeld (SRNL), Brenda Garcia-Diaz (SRNL), George Larsen (SRNL)
The Role of Helium in Plasma-Driven Permeation of Hydrogen through Palladium and its Alloys
11:25–11:45AM CDT
Chao Li (Colorado School of Mines), Thomas F. Fuerst (INL), J. Douglas Way (Colorado School of Mines), Colin A. Wolden (Colorado School of Mines)
Flowing Lead-Lithium Eutectic Tritium Extraction Test Loop Design: Considerations for Deployment and Applications for Advancement of Fusion Fuel Cycle Technologies
11:45AM–12:05PM CDT
N. Tedford (Hatch), V. Pupkevich (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), T. Whitehorne (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), D. Ryland (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), S. Dalvi (Hatch), S. Sokhanvaran (Hatch), M. Lindstrom-Parkins (Hatch), A. Bigelow (Hatch), Z. Elman (Hatch)
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