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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Idaho National Laboratory under the Department of Energy–sponsored Microreactor Program recently conducted a comprehensive phenomena identification and ranking table (PIRT) exercise aimed at advancing heat pipe technology for microreactor applications.
November 10–14, 2013
The 75th Anniversary of the Discovery of Nuclear Fission
Washington, DC|Omni Shoreham Hotel
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Assistant General Chairs:
Steven P. Nesbit (Director, Nuclear Policy & Support, Duke Energy)
James W. Behrens (US Navy - Retired)
General Chair:
James Rogers (Duke Energy)
Assistant Program Chairs:
Patrick J. Pinhero (Professor, University of Missouri/Columbia)
James J. Byrne (Byrne & Assoc. LLC)
Martin Sattison (Department Manager, Idaho National Laboratory)
Program Chair:
Linda Hansen (Argonne National Laboratory)
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Program Co-Chairs:
Zahra Mohaghegh (Assistant Professor, Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
Ali Mosleh (Professor, Center for Risk and Reliability, University of Maryland)
Ronald A. Knief (Sandia National Laboratories)
Honorary Chair:
George Apostolakis (Commissioner, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Deputy Program Co-Chairs:
Kevin Coyne (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Rick Grantom (South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company)
Reza Kazemi (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
Vince Gilbert (Director, Knowledge Management, EXCEL Services Corporation)
Assistant General Chair:
Philip Moor (Vice President, High Bridge Associates)
Thomas L. Sanders (Associate Laboratory Director for Clean Energy Initiative, Savannah River National Laboratory)
Assistant Program Chair:
Mark Campagna (Senior Director, ABS Consulting)
Peter Shaw (Licensing Engineer, Westinghouse Electric Company)
Gale Hauck (Product Manager, Westinghouse)
R. Chris Robinson (Y-12)
Jeffrey A. Chapman (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Dr. John E. Gunning (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)