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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NRC v. Texas: Supreme Court weighs challenge to NRC authority in spent fuel storage case
The State of Texas has not one but two ongoing federal court challenges to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that could, if successful, turn decades of NRC regulations, precedent, and case law on its head.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPSD
Thursday, December 2, 2021|1:00–2:45PM EST |Columbia 11
Session Chair:
Luke A. Stegeman (Kansas State Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
Lawrence Heilbronn
Session Organizer:
Michael Lorne Fensin
Student Assistant:
Gary Garcia Montes
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Preliminary Material Property Characterization of Infused Conformal Coats for Shielding Application
1:05–1:25PM EST
Sam Hanson (NC State Univ.), Radek Pudelko (NC State Univ.), Robert B. Hayes (NC State Univ.)
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Evaluating Uncertainty in Shielding Worth of Metal Oxide Infused Conformal Coatings Using MCNP
1:25–1:45PM EST
Radek Pudelko (NC State Univ.), Sam Hanson (NC State Univ.), Robert B. Hayes (NC State Univ.)
Preliminary Work Towards In-Situ Sample Specific Dose Response Calibration for EPR Dosimetry
1:45–2:05PM EST
Fatma M. Abdelrahman (NC State Univ.), Robert B. Hayes (NC State Univ.)
Retrieval and Characterization of Plutonium-Beryllium Source For New Irradiation Facility
2:05–2:25PM EST
Codey Olson (Univ. of Utah), William Bates (Univ. of Utah), Edward Cazalas (Univ. of Utah)
Evaluation of Oak Ridge National Laboratory Health Physics Research Reactor Operation Data for Criticality Accident Alarm System Benchmark Creation
2:25–2:45PM EST
Mathieu N. Dupont (ORNL), Cihangir Celik (ORNL)
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