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Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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The Trump administration issued four executive orders today aimed at boosting domestic nuclear deployment ahead of significant growth in projected energy demand in the coming decades.
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November 11–15, 2012
Future Nuclear Technologies: Resilience and Flexibility
San Diego, CA|Town & Country Hotel & Resort
The Town and Country Resort and Convention Center, located at 500 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, California, 92108, will be the location for the 2012 Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo, where all meeting activities and technical sessions will take place. The special room rate for the meeting is: $149.00/night (single rate); and $169.00/night (double rate). [$20.00 for each additional guest in the room.] The government rate is: $133.00/night (single rate); and $153.00/night (double rate). The parking fees are $10.00 per day for hotel guests and prevailing fees for non guests. Reservations can be made on their website at: https://resweb.passkey.com/go/72b3dd07 To register by phone for a guest room: 800-772-8527. Attendees must identify themselves as part of the American Nuclear Society to receive the group rate.
Honorary Chair:
Salomon Levy (Owner, Levy & Associates)
General Chair:
Per Peterson (University of California, Berkeley)
Program Chair:
Xiaodong Sun (The Ohio State University)
Assistant Program Chairs:
Sacit M. Cetiner (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Sedat Goluoglu (University of Florida)
Embedded Topical Meeting
Bal-Raj Sehgal (Professor, Royal Institute of Technology)
General Co-Chairs:
Yassin A. Hassan (Professor, Texas A&M University)
Hisashi Ninokata (Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Francesco D'Auria (Professor, University of Pisa)
Program Chairs:
Kurshad Muftuoglu (Principal Engineer/Technologist, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
S. H. Chang (Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Henryk Anglart (Associate Professor, Royal Institute of Technology)
General Chairs:
Michael Corradini (Chair, Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin)
Dale Klein (Professor, University of Texas at Austin)
Jacopo Buongiorno (Professor, MIT)
Akira Tokuhiro (Professor, University of Idaho)