Schedule Timeline

Schedule is subject to change

Wednesday — November 5, 2025

11:00AM EST

Events

Young Members Group Executive Committee Meeting (Virtual) — Committee Meetings Calendar

Thursday — November 6, 2025

2:00PM EST

Events

Fuel Cycle Waste Management Program Committee (Virtual) — Committee Meetings Calendar

Friday — November 7, 2025

2:00PM EST

Events

Scholarship Policy & Coordination Committee (Virtual) — Committee Meetings Calendar

Saturday — November 8, 2025

8:30AM EST

Sessions

Young Professionals Congress

Opening Remarks

8:50AM EST

Sessions

Young Professionals Congress

Morning Plenary: Collaboration-Based Siting and Community Engagement

10:00AM EST

Sessions

Young Professionals Congress

Coffee Break

10:20AM EST

Sessions

Young Professionals Congress

Planning Your Next Career Transition
A Young Professional's Guide to Personal Finance

11:20AM EST

Sessions

Young Professionals Congress

Perspectives on Post-Nuclear Careers
Moving the Needle: Nuclear's Role in Sustainable Business

12:15PM EST

Sessions

Young Professionals Congress

Rad Talk Luncheon

1:20PM EST

Sessions

Young Professionals Congress

Communicating Science Beyond the Lab

2:30PM EST

Sessions

Young Professionals Congress

Coffee Break

3:00PM EST

Sessions

Young Professionals Congress

International Involvement in Nuclear
Cross-Pollinating Expertise: Non-Nuclear Talent in the Nuclear Sector

Sunday — November 9, 2025

8:00AM EST

Events

President's Breakfast for Division and Committee Chairs — Committee Meetings Calendar

9:00AM EST

Events

Professional Divisions Committee Meeting (Hybrid) — Committee Meetings Calendar

10:00AM EST

Events

Meetings, Proceedings and Transactions Committee (Hybrid) — Committee Meetings Calendar

11:00AM EST

Events

Accreditation Policy and Procedures Committee (Hybrid) — Committee Meetings Calendar
National Program Committee - Screening (Hybrid) — Committee Meetings Calendar

11:30AM EST

Events

Technical Journal Committee (Hybrid) — Committee Meetings Calendar

12:00PM EST

Events

ANS-19.5, Requirements for Reference Reactor Physics Measurements — Committee Meetings Calendar
Exhibit Setup 12:00-5:00 pm (Columbia Foyer) — Exhibit Hours

12:30PM EST

Events

Education, Training & Workforce Development — Committee Meetings Calendar

1:00PM EST

Events

Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Education Committee — Committee Meetings Calendar
START (Stakeholder Tool for Assessing Radioactive Transportation) Workshop (TBA) — Workshops
Attila4MC Workshop (TBA) — Workshops

1:30PM EST

Events

Nuclear Science & Engineering EAB Meeting (Hybrid) — Committee Meetings Calendar
Operations & Power Division Executive (Hybrid) — Committee Meetings Calendar

2:00PM EST

Events

Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Program Committee — Committee Meetings Calendar
Reactor Physics Division — Committee Meetings Calendar
Registration/Help Desk open from 2:00 pm–7:00 pm (Columbia North Foyer) — Registration/Help Desk Hours

3:00PM EST

Events

Fuel Cycle Waste Management Executive Committee — Committee Meetings Calendar
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Executive Committee — Committee Meetings Calendar
Robotics and Remote Systems Division Executive Committee — Committee Meetings Calendar

3:30PM EST

Events

Thermal Hydraulics Division Executive Committee — Committee Meetings Calendar

4:00PM EST

Events

NEDHO — Committee Meetings Calendar

5:15PM EST

Events

Alpha Nu Sigma National Honor Society (Hybrid) — Committee Meetings Calendar

6:00PM EST

Events

Exhibit Hall open 6:00-8:00 pm (Columbia Foyer) — Exhibit Hours
ANS President's Opening Reception (Columbia Foyer) — Events

Monday — November 10, 2025

7:00AM EST

Events

Continental Breakfast from 7:00–8:00 am (Columbia Foyer) — Meals and Breaks
Exhibit Hall open 7:00 am -3:30 pm (Columbia Foyer) — Exhibit Hours
Registration/Help Desk open from 7:00 am–5:00 pm (Columbia North Foyer) — Registration/Help Desk Hours

8:00AM EST

Sessions

2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo

Opening Plenary (International Ballroom Center)

9:30AM EST

Events

Coffee Break from 9:30-10:00am (Columbia Foyer) — Meals and Breaks

11:00AM EST

Events

Materials Science & Technology Executive Committee (Hybrid) — Committee Meetings Calendar

11:30AM EST

Events

Lunch from 11:30 am–1:00 pm (Columbia Foyer) — Meals and Breaks

12:00PM EST

Events

National Meeting Committee (Hybrid) — Committee Meetings Calendar

1:00PM EST

Sessions

2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo

Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Base: Implementation of Executive Order 14302 (International Ballroom East)
Aerospace Nuclear Science and Technology & Fusion Energy (Columbia 9)
Maritime Application of Nuclear Propulsion: I (Cardozo)
ANS Student Design Competition & Office of Energy Supported Student Presentations (Cabinet)
Artificial Intelligence for I&C and Human Factors (Lincoln West)
Isotopes and Radiation: General I (Columbia 11)
Current Issues in Computational Methods: Roundtable (Georgetown West)
Critical and Subcritical Experiments (Fairchild East/West)
Pathways for Massive Deployment of Advanced Nuclear Reactors and Achievement of Sustainable Fuel Cycle Markets (Columbia 10)
Reactor Physics of Advanced Reactors: I (Monroe)
Leveraging MARVEL as a Microreactor Technology Testbed (Jefferson West)
Increased Enrichment, High Burnup Fuels, Power Uprates (Gunston East/West)
GOTHIC Benchmarks and Modeling (Georgetown East)
Building Psychological Safety: A Mental Health Roundtable (Columbia 12)

International High Level Radioactive Waste Management (IHLRWM 2025)

Opening Plenary
U.S. Fuel Cycle Policy: Energy Dominance Meets 15 Years of Inaction on Waste (Lincoln East)

Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2025)

Plenary 1 (International Ballroom West)

2025 International Conference on Accelerator Applications (AccApp'25)

Monday Plenary (Jefferson East)

Events

Safety and Radiological Analyses Consensus Committee (SRACC) (Hybrid) — Committee Meetings Calendar
ANS-8.23, Nuclear Criticality Accident Emergency Planning and Response — Committee Meetings Calendar

2:45PM EST

Events

Coffee Break from 2:45-3:15pm (Columbia Foyer) — Meals and Breaks

3:00PM EST

Events

Risk-informed, Performance-based Principles and Policy Committee (RP3C) (Hybrid) — Committee Meetings Calendar
Nuclear Criticality Safety Consensus Committee (NCSCC) (Hybrid) — Committee Meetings Calendar

3:15PM EST

Sessions

2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo

Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security: Implementation of Executive Order 14299 (International Ballroom East)
Maritime Applications of Nuclear Propulsion: II (Cardozo)
Innovations in Nuclear Research and Development Student Competition (Cabinet)
Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage and Transportation (Columbia 11)
Autonomous Controls and Human Factors Consideration for Reactor Technologies (Georgetown East)
Computational Methods and Mathematical Modeling (Georgetown West)
Curation, Distribution, and AI augmentation of Post-Irradiation Examination Data in the Nuclear Research Data System (Columbia 9)
ANS 8 Standards Forum (Fairchild East/West)
Security by Design for Advanced Reactors: Integrating Safety, Security, and Innovation (Columbia 10)
From Campus to the World: Academia and Industry Driving Nuclear Deployment (Monroe)
Experimental Multiphase Flow (Gunston East/West)
Engineering Well-Being: Mental Health Research and Resources in Engineering (Columbia 12)

International High Level Radioactive Waste Management (IHLRWM 2025)

International Progress in Deep Geologic Disposal: I (Lincoln East)
Debate between Recycling and Direct Disposal of Used/Spent Nuclear Fuel (Lincoln West)

Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2025)

Plenary 2: Nuclear Nonproliferation Aspects of Advanced Nuclear Reactors (International Ballroom West)

2025 International Conference on Accelerator Applications (AccApp'25)

Medical Applications: I (Jefferson East)
Compact Accelerators: I (Jefferson West)

6:00PM EST

Events

Student Sections Committee Meeting (Hybrid) — Committee Meetings Calendar
Fusion Energy Division (Hybrid) — Committee Meetings Calendar
OPD Dinner (Jack Rose Dining Saloon. 2007 18th St NW Washington, DC.) — Events

8:00PM EST

Events

IHLRWM 2025 Reception (International Ballroom East) — Events

Tuesday — November 11, 2025

7:00AM EST

Events

Continental Breakfast from 7:00–8:00 am (Columbia Foyer) — Meals and Breaks
Exhibit Hall open 7:00 am -1:00 pm (Columbia Foyer) — Exhibit Hours
Registration/Help Desk open from 7:00 am–5:00 pm (Columbia North Foyer) — Registration/Help Desk Hours

8:00AM EST

Sessions

2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo

Tuesday Plenary (International Ballroom Center)

International High Level Radioactive Waste Management (IHLRWM 2025)

International Progress in Deep Geologic Disposal: II (Lincoln East)
Innovations in Predisposal Waste Management: I (Lincoln West)
Emerging and Cross-Cutting Technologies (Monroe)

Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2025)

Security and Physical Protection (Georgetown West)

2025 International Conference on Accelerator Applications (AccApp'25)

Tuesday Plenary (International Ballroom West)

8:30AM EST

Events

ANS-19, Reactor Physics Subcommittee — Committee Meetings Calendar

9:45AM EST

Events

Coffee Break from 9:45-10:15am (Columbia Foyer) — Meals and Breaks

10:00AM EST

Events

Standards Board (Hybrid) — Committee Meetings Calendar

10:15AM EST

Sessions

2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo

Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Implementation of Executive Order 14300 (International Ballroom East)
License Termination Plan Development - Lessons Learned (Cardozo)
Education, Training, and Workforce Development: General I (Gunston East/West)
How to Prepare Today's Datacenters for Advanced Nuclear Power (International Ballroom West)
Isotopes and Radiation: General II (Columbia 10)
Nuclear Fuels and Claddings (Columbia 9)
Nuclear Installations Safety: General I (Columbia 11)
Robotics and Remote Systems: General & Data, Analysis, and Operations in Nuclear Criticality Safety: I (Columbia 12)
Blueprints to Breakthroughs: How Cutting-Edge Facilities Enable Nuclear' Future (Georgetown East)
Young Professionals Competition (Fairchild East/West)

International High Level Radioactive Waste Management (IHLRWM 2025)

International Progress in Deep Geologic Disposal: III (Lincoln East)
Innovations in Predisposal Waste Management: II (Lincoln West)
Debating Deep Borehole Disposal versus Mined Repositories (Monroe)

Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2025)

Analysis and Modeling Methods in Nonproliferation (Georgetown West)

2025 International Conference on Accelerator Applications (AccApp'25)

Industrial Applications (Jefferson East)
Nuclear Data: I (Jefferson West)

12:00PM EST

Events

Lunch from 12:00 –1:00 pm (Columbia Foyer) — Meals and Breaks
National Program Committee (Hybrid) — Committee Meetings Calendar

1:00PM EST

Sessions

2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo

Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy: Implementation of Executive Order 14301 (International Ballroom East)
Environmental Permitting that Fits: Reforming Reviews for Low-Risk Reactors (Cardozo)
Siting, Disposition, and Recycling of Spent Nuclear Fuel (Monroe)
Transport Methods (Lincoln West)
Computational Advancements in Nuclear Materials (Columbia 9)
Development and Use of the ANS 8.28 Standard (Fairchild East/West)
PRA for Advanced Reactors (Columbia 12)
Progress and Challenges Toward Deployment of Nuclear-Powered Datacenters (Columbia 10)
Transforming Robotics Research: AI, Advanced Materials, and Hazardous Applications (Lincoln East)
New Multiphysics Models on the NRIC Virtual Test Bed (Columbia 11)
Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP) Status Update (Georgetown East)
Thermal Hydraulics of Small Modular Reactors (Gunston East/West)
Computational Thermal Hydraulics: I (Cabinet)

International High Level Radioactive Waste Management (IHLRWM 2025)

Plenary
International Repository Progress: What We Can Learn From (International Ballroom West)

Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2025)

Nondestructive and Destructive Assay Methods (Georgetown West)

2025 International Conference on Accelerator Applications (AccApp'25)

Accelerator Design and Technology: I (Jefferson East)
High Power Accelerator Components and Targets: I (Jefferson West)

Events

Nuclear Technology Editorial Board Meeting (Hybrid) — Committee Meetings Calendar

2:45PM EST

Events

Coffee Break from 2:45-3:15pm (Columbia Foyer) — Meals and Breaks

3:15PM EST

Sessions

2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo

Non-Naval Applications of Marine Nuclear Power (International Ballroom East)
Domestic and International Decommissioning (Cardozo)
Education, Training, and Workforce Development: General II & RPD & RPSD Lightning Talks (Cabinet)
Innovations in Nuclear Forensics (Columbia 10)
Irradiation Experiments for Nuclear Materials and Fuels Research (Columbia 9)
Nuclear Installations Safety: General II (Columbia 12)
Advanced Nuclear Reactors and Power Systems (International Ballroom West)
Reactor Analysis Methods: I (Georgetown East)
Thermal Hydraulic Challenges and Opportunities in Microreactors (Fairchild East/West)
Thermal Hydraulics: General (Gunston East/West)

International High Level Radioactive Waste Management (IHLRWM 2025)

International Progress in Deep Geologic Disposal: IV (Lincoln East)
Program Development, Strategy, and Policy: I (Lincoln West)

Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2025)

Nuclear Material Accountancy Methods (Georgetown West)

2025 International Conference on Accelerator Applications (AccApp'25)

Medical Applications: II (Jefferson East)
Compact Accelerators: II (Jefferson West)

6:00PM EST

Events

ANS CARES — Committee Meetings Calendar

8:00PM EST

Events

ANS Party (International Ballroom Center) — Events

Wednesday — November 12, 2025

7:00AM EST

Events

Continental Breakfast from 7:00–8:00 am (Columbia Foyer) — Meals and Breaks
Registration/Help Desk open from 7:00 am–5:00 pm (Columbia North Foyer) — Registration/Help Desk Hours

8:00AM EST

Sessions

2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo

Update- Status on Native American Uranium Mine Remediation (Cabinet)
Advances in Sensors and Instrumentation (Columbia 10)
A Review of Accomplishments from the US/UK Nuclear Energy R&D Cooperative Action Plan (International Ballroom West)
Molten Salt Fuels and Materials (Cardozo)
Recent Nuclear Criticality Safety Program Technical Accomplishments (Columbia 12)
Highlights of PSA 2025 (Columbia 11)
Nuclear Energy Markets, Financing, and Economics: I (Columbia 9)
Reactor Analysis Methods: II (Georgetown East)
Advanced Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (Fairchild East/West)
Vic Ransom Memorial: A Legacy in Computational Thermal Hydraulics (Gunston East/West)

International High Level Radioactive Waste Management (IHLRWM 2025)

International Progress in Deep Geologic Disposal: V (Georgetown West)
Innovations in Predisposal Waste Management: III (Lincoln West)
Program Development, Strategy, and Policy: II (Monroe)

Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2025)

Safeguards I (Lincoln East)

2025 International Conference on Accelerator Applications (AccApp'25)

Wednesday Plenary (International Ballroom East)

9:00AM EST

Events

Fuel, Waste, and Decommissioning Consensus Committee (FWDCC) (Hybrid) — Committee Meetings Calendar

9:45AM EST

Events

Coffee Break from 9:45-10:15am (Columbia Foyer) — Meals and Breaks

10:15AM EST

Sessions

2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo

Fuel Cycle and Waste Management: General (Columbia 10)
Online Monitoring, Diagnostics, and Prognostics (International Ballroom West)
Molten Salt Materials II & Environmental Degradation of Materials (Cardozo)
Tom McLaughlin and his Impact on the Field (Columbia 12)
Research Reactor Fuel Failure Events in HFIR and NCNR: Recovery to Normal Operations (Columbia 11)
Nuclear Energy Markets, Financing, and Economics: II (Columbia 9)
Advanced Reactor Analysis (Georgetown East)
Radiation Protection and Shielding: Roundtables (Cabinet)
Thermal Hydraulics of Microreactors (Fairchild East/West)

International High Level Radioactive Waste Management (IHLRWM 2025)

International Progress in Deep Geologic Disposal: VI (Georgetown West)
Innovations in Predisposal Waste Management: IV (Lincoln West)
Program Development, Strategy, and Policy: III (Monroe)

Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2025)

Safeguards II (Lincoln East)

2025 International Conference on Accelerator Applications (AccApp'25)

Materials Science (International Ballroom East)
High Power Accelerator Components and Targets: II (Gunston East/West)

12:00PM EST

Events

Lunch from 12:00 –1:00 pm (Columbia Foyer) — Meals and Breaks

1:00PM EST

Sessions

2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo

Advanced/Additive Manufacturing (Cabinet)
An Accident Anywhere is an Accident Everywhere - Learning from Fukushima (Columbia 10)
Hybrid and Integrated Energy Systems (Cardozo)
Reactor Physics: General I (Fairchild East/West)
Computational Tools for Radiation Protection and Shielding (Columbia 9)
AI/ML Applications in Thermal Hydraulics (Columbia 11)
Computational Multiphase Flow (Columbia 12)
Celebrating 20 Years of Impact: Reflections and Growth of the ANS Young Members Group (International Ballroom West)

International High Level Radioactive Waste Management (IHLRWM 2025)

ATF/LEU+/HBU for Existing LWRs: Technical Readiness and Next Steps (Lincoln West)
Debating Multinational versus National Repositories and Facilities (Monroe)

Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2025)

Proliferation Resistance (Lincoln East)

2025 International Conference on Accelerator Applications (AccApp'25)

Accelerator Design and Technology: II (International Ballroom East)
Nuclear Data: II (Gunston East/West)

Events

Research and Advanced Reactors Consensus Committee (RARCC) (Hybrid) — Committee Meetings Calendar

2:45PM EST

Events

Coffee Break from 2:45-3:15pm (Columbia Foyer) — Meals and Breaks

3:15PM EST

Sessions

2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo

Uncertainty Quantification, Sensitivity Analysis, and Machine Learning (Fairchild East/West)
Data, Analysis, and Operations in Nuclear Criticality Safety: II (Columbia 11)
Operations and Power: General (Cardozo)
Reactor Physics: General II (Monroe)
Reactor Physics of Advanced Reactors: II (Columbia 9)
Radiation Protection and Shielding: General (Columbia 10)
Experimental Thermal Hydraulics (Columbia 12)
Computational Thermal Hydraulics: II (Cabinet)
Uncharted Waters: Outreach and Building Connection with Under-Resourced Communities (International Ballroom West)

International High Level Radioactive Waste Management (IHLRWM 2025)

Closing Plenary
Welcome Advanced Reactors, Plans for Your UNF/SNF? (International Ballroom East)

Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2025)

Security and Risk Assessment (Lincoln East)

2025 International Conference on Accelerator Applications (AccApp'25)

Accelerator Facilities (Lincoln West)
Nuclear Data: III (Gunston East/West)

5:00PM EST

Events

Korean Nuclear Society US Chapter — Committee Meetings Calendar

Thursday — November 13, 2025

7:30AM EST

Events

Step Aboard the Legendary NS Savannah – A Voyage Through History and Innovation (Leave from the hotel lobby) — Tours

7:45AM EST

Events

Radioactive Waste Management Certificate Course (TBA) — Certification

8:00AM EST

Events

Ameresco and CyrusOne Data Center Tour (Leave from the hotel lobby) — Tours

9:00AM EST

Events

Congressional Meetings (Capitol Hill) — Events