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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Nominations open for CNTA awards
Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness is accepting nominations for its Fred C. Davison Distinguished Scientist Award and its Nuclear Service Award. Nominations for both awards must be submitted by August 1.
The awards will be presented this fall as part of the CNTA’s annual Edward Teller Lecture event.
14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators
Technical Session
Wednesday, December 1, 2021|2:35–4:00PM EST |Jefferson
Session Chair:
Lance Garrison
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Valeriia Starovoitova
Student Assistant:
Jaden Miller
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Hand-Portable Accelerator for Radioactive Isotope Sources Replacement
2:40–3:00PM EST
Sergey V. Kutsaev (RadiaBeam), Ronald Agustsson (RadiaBeam), Robert Berry (RadiaBeam), Salime Boucher (RadiaBeam), David Bruhwiler (RadiaSoft), Amirari Diego (RadiaBeam), Dmitry Gavryushkin (RadiaBeam), Ken Shulze (RadiaBeam), Alexander Smirnov (RadiaBeam), Kirill Taletski (RadiaBeam)
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A Portable X-ray Source Based on Dielectric Accelerators
3:00–3:20PM EST
Chunguang Jing (Euclid Beamlabs LLC), Roman Kostin (Euclid Beamlabs LLC), Pavel Avrakohv (Euclid Beamlabs LLC), Alexei Kanareykin (Euclid Beamlabs LLC)
Novel X-ray Sources as Replacements for Isotopes in Irradiation Applications
3:20–3:40PM EST
Mark Eaton (Stellarray), Ronald Hellmer (Stellarray), Zhe Su (Stellarray), Shuo Chneg (Stellarray)
Direct Comparison of Material Characteristics Following Novel Sterilization Exposures
3:40–4:00PM EST
James A. McCoy (Becton Dickinson)
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