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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Shifting the paradigm of supply chain
Chad Wolf
When I began my nuclear career, I was coached up in the nuclear energy culture of the day to “run silent, run deep,” a mindset rooted in the U.S. Navy’s submarine philosophy. That was the norm—until Fukushima.
The nuclear renaissance that many had envisioned hit a wall. The focus shifted from expansion to survival. Many utility communications efforts pivoted from silence to broadcast, showcasing nuclear energy’s elegance and reliability. Nevertheless, despite being clean baseload 24/7 power that delivered a 90 percent capacity factor or higher, nuclear energy was painted as risky and expensive (alongside energy policies and incentives that favored renewables).
Economics became a driving force threatening to shutter nuclear power. The Delivering the Nuclear Promise initiative launched in 2015 challenged the industry to sustain high performance yet cut costs by up to 30 percent.
Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021
Technical Session
Thursday, December 2, 2021|1:00–2:45PM EST |Georgetown West
Session Chair:
Genia McKinley
Alternate Chair:
Anthony Abrahao
Session Organizer:
Young Soo Park
Student Assistant:
Gavin VanderBroder
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Experiment Design for a Computed Tomography Automation Architecture
1:05–1:25PM EST
Nicholas Hashem (Univ. of Texas, Austin), Mitch Pryor (Univ. of Texas, Austin), Derek Haas (Univ. of Texas, Austin), James Hunter (LANL), Michelle Espy (LANL)
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Control of a Robotic Manipulator for Collaborative Precision Insertion Tasks
1:25–1:45PM EST
Mark Jennings (Univ. of Texas, Austin), Mitch Pryor (Univ. of Texas, Austin)
Equipment Development for Processing Target Residual Material at SRS
1:45–2:05PM EST
Michael J. Dalmaso (Savannah River National Laboratory), Joel D. Jones (Savannah River National Laboratory), Bill Giddings (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions)
Arc Saw Segmentation of Nuclear Components
2:05–2:25PM EST
Thomas S. LaGuardia (Arc Saw Technologies), Richard E. Simoneau (Arc Saw Technologies)
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