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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Senate EPW Committee to hold Nieh nomination hearing
Nieh
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a nomination hearing Wednesday for Ho Nieh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as commission at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Trump nominated Nieh on July 30 to serve as NRC commissioner the remainder of a term that will expire June 30, 2029, as Nuclear NewsWire previously reported.
Nieh has been vice president of regulatory affairs at Southern Nuclear since 2021, though since June 2024 he has been at the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations as a loaned executive.
A return to the NRC: If confirmed by the Senate, Nieh would be returning to the NRC after three previous stints totaling nearly 20 years.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD|Cosponsored by THD
Thursday, December 2, 2021|1:00–2:45PM EST |Columbia 1
Session Chairs:
Abdalla Abou-Jaoude
Massimiliano Fratoni
Session Organizer:
Student Assistant:
Youssef Abouhussien
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Overview of the Virtual Test Bed (VTB)
1:05–1:25PM EST
Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Derek Gaston (INL), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Bo Feng (ANL), Cody Permann (INL)
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Coupled Griffin and Pronghorn Simulation of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor (MSFR) for the Virtual Test Bed
1:25–1:45PM EST
Ramiro Freile (INL), Sterling Harper (INL), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL)
Conjugate Heat Transfer Coupling of NekRS and MOOSE for Bypass Flow Modeling
1:45–2:05PM EST
April J. Novak (ANL), Dillon Shaver (ANL), Bo Feng (ANL)
Coupled Multiphysics Simulations of the Mk1-FHR in the Virtual Test Bed
2:05–2:25PM EST
Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), April J. Novak (ANL)
CFD Modeling of Molten Salt Fast Reactor Using Nek5000
2:25–2:45PM EST
Jun Fang (ANL), Dillon Shaver (ANL), Bo Feng (ANL)
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