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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Deep Isolation asks states to include waste disposal in their nuclear strategy
Nuclear waste disposal technology company Deep Isolation is asking that the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) consider how spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste will be managed under its strategy for developing advanced nuclear power projects in participating states.
Technical Session
Wednesday, July 24, 2024|10:15AM–12:05PM CDT|Assembly
Session Chair:
Pierre-Clément A. Simon (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Junliang Liu (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Session Organizer:
Paul P. Wilson (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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Development of Tungsten Recrystallization Budget for Management of SPARC Plasma-Facing Component Lifetime
10:15–10:40AM CDT
D.V. Yuryev (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), T. Looby (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), L.M. Garrison (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), P. Ermoshkina (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), O. Madrigal (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
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Synergistic Effects of Tungsten and Tungsten-Rhenium Alloy Exposed to Fusion Reactor Conditions
10:40–11:05AM CDT
T.E. Ray (Purdue Univ.), J.T. Tripathi (Purdue Univ.), J.C. Johnson (Purdue Univ.), A. Hassanein (Purdue Univ.)
High Heat Flux Testing and Modeling of SPARC Plasma-Facing Components
11:05–11:25AM CDT
Michael Lagieski (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Pele Collins (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Bernd Böswirth (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics), Lauren M. Garrison (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), H. Greuner (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics), Katja Hunger (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics), Adam Kuang (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Tom Looby (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Clint Luna (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Johann Riesch (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics), Aaron Rosenthal (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Dina Yuryev (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
Novel Liquid Metal Alloys Enabling High Fusion Performance
11:25–11:45AM CDT
D.R. Hatch (Univ. Texas, Austin), M. Kotschenreuther (ExoFusion), M. Nieto-Perez (Penn State), A. Khodak (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), S.M. Mahajan (Univ. Texas, Austin), R. Maingi (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), C. Michoski (Sapientai), Victoria Miller (Univ. Florida), Carlos Romero-Talamas (Univ. Maryland, Baltimore Co.)
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