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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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PR: American Nuclear Society welcomes Senate confirmation of Ted Garrish as the DOE’s nuclear energy secretary
Washington, D.C. — The American Nuclear Society (ANS) applauds the U.S. Senate's confirmation of Theodore “Ted” Garrish as Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
“On behalf of over 11,000 professionals in the fields of nuclear science and technology, the American Nuclear Society congratulates Mr. Garrish on being confirmed by the Senate to once again lead the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy,” said ANS President H.M. "Hash" Hashemian.
Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024)
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|10:00–11:45AM EST|Longboat 1
Session Chairs:
Vaibhav Sinha (OSU)
Lawrence Heilbronn (UTK)
Session Organizer:
Mathieu Dupont
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Dose and Shielding Challenges within Sellafield Ltd Alpha Facilities
10:00–10:20AM EST
Erin Wilson (Sellafield), Frances Yates (Sellafield)
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Wasted Nuclear Products
10:20–10:40AM EST
Patrick Hartwell (NCSU), Robert Hayes (NCSU)
Effective Communication of Radiological Risk
10:40–11:00AM EST
Melody G. Polk (NCSU), Robert B. Hayes (NCSU)
Assessment of Radiation Dose to Newborns in Neonatal Intensive Care Units
11:00–11:20AM EST
Nada A. Alomairy (Jazan Univ.)
A Monte Carlo-Based Path Tracing Framework for Voxelized Domains
11:20–11:40AM EST
Istiak Ahmad (Kansas State), Steven Eckels (Kansas State), Amir A. Bahadori (Kansas State)
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