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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.
14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators
Technical Session
Thursday, December 2, 2021|3:05–4:50PM EST |Lincoln West
Session Chair:
Philip L. Cole (Lamar Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
Lin Shao
Session Organizer:
Suresh D. Pillai
Student Assistant:
Vincent Dallura
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Motivation and Development of a Compact Superconducting Accelerator for X-ray Medical Device Sterilization
3:10–3:30PM EST
Thomas K. Kroc (Fermi Nat'l Accelerator Laboratory)
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Recent Progress at the Phoenix Neutron Imaging Center
3:30–3:50PM EST
Mason Yu (SHINE Medical Technologies), Eli Moll (SHINE Medical Technologies), Ross F. Radel (Phoenix LLC)
Development of Direct Activation Tracer Particles for Positron Emission Particle Tracking (PEPT)
3:50–4:10PM EST
T. W. Leadbeater (Univ. Cape Town), A. Buffler (Univ. Cape Town), K. Cole (Univ. Cape Town), M. R. van Heerden (Univ. Cape Town), J. Reich (Univ. Cape Town), A. Camroodien (Univ. Cape Town), D. Steyn (iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences)
Electron-irradiation-induced Color Centers in Silicon Carbide
4:10–4:30PM EST
Emilio Nanni (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University), P. K. Vasireddy (Stanford Univ.), M. Nasr (Stanford Univ.), D. Lukin (Stanford Univ.), M. Guidry (Stanford Univ.), J. Vuckovic (Stanford Univ.)
Industrial Treatment of Sludge from Drinking Water Plants: Comparison of the use of Accelerators and Gamma Rays for Acrylamide Reduction and Fertilizer Production
4:30–4:50PM EST
Ivica Vujcic (Vinca Institite of Nuclear Sciences), Slobodan Masic (Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences), Nikolina Nikolić (Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences)
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