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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 THD
Wednesday, December 1, 2021|12:30–2:15PM EST |Columbia 10
Session Chair:
Xiaodong Sun
Alternate Chair:
Caleb S. Brooks
Session Organizer:
Bao-Wen Yang
Student Assistant:
Ethan Krammer
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Vapor Film Collapse and Quench Front Propagation Analysis Using Optical Fiber Temperature Sensors
12:35–12:55PM EST
Paul Hurley (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ.), Abdulla Alblooshi (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ.), Kyung Mo Kim (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ.), Juliana P. Duarte (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ.)
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Inlet and Outlet Effects on the Pressure Drop in a High Aspect Ratio Pebble Bed
12:55–1:15PM EST
Robert Muyshondt (Texas A&M Univ.), Khoi Ngo (Texas A&M Univ.), Blake Maher (Texas A&M Univ.), Abdulaziz Almathami (Texas A&M Univ.), Thien Nguyen (Texas A&M Univ.), Yassin Hassan (Texas A&M Univ.), N.K. Anand (Texas A&M Univ.)
Study of Cross-Flow Profiles in a 5x5 Rod Bundle with Channel-Type Spacer Grid: A Combination of Optical Techniques, 3D-Printing and Statistical Analysis
1:15–1:35PM EST
Camila F. Matozinhos (Texas A&M Univ.), Gabriel C. Q. Tomaz (Texas A&M Univ.), Rodolfo Vaghetto (Texas A&M Univ.), Yassin Hassan (Texas A&M Univ.)
Performance Qualification Measurements Using New PEPT Facility for Pebble Bed Reactor Research
1:35–1:55PM EST
Cody S. Wiggins (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
A Comparative Study of FeCrAl and Zircaloy Claddings for Steady-State Subcooled Flow Boiling Experiments
1:55–2:15PM EST
Mingfu He (Univ. of New Mexico), Minghui Chen (Univ. of New Mexico)
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