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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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PR: American Nuclear Society welcomes Senate confirmation of Ted Garrish as the DOE’s nuclear energy secretary
Washington, D.C. — The American Nuclear Society (ANS) applauds the U.S. Senate's confirmation of Theodore “Ted” Garrish as Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
“On behalf of over 11,000 professionals in the fields of nuclear science and technology, the American Nuclear Society congratulates Mr. Garrish on being confirmed by the Senate to once again lead the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy,” said ANS President H.M. "Hash" Hashemian.
Technical Session|Sponsored by DESD
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|10:00–11:45AM MST|Desert Willow
Session Chair:
Miles van Noordennen
Alternate Chair:
Sue Aggarwal
Session Organizer:
Dustin G. Miller
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Geochemical Sensitivity Studies for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant's 2019 Performance Assessment: Implications Towards Repository Compliance
10:00–10:20AM MST
Jay Santillan (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), Xinyue Tong (U.S. EPA), Janet Schramke (SC&A), Tom Peake (U.S. EPA)
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Lateral Gamma Scanner Development for the Inspection of High-Level Waste Single-Shell Tanks at Hanford
10:20–10:40AM MST
Sebastian Story (Florida Int'l Univ.), Josue Estrada (Florida Int'l Univ.), Jeff Natividad (Florida Int'l Univ.), Douglas Reid (Florida Int'l Univ.), Kayle Boomer (Florida Int'l Univ.), Anthony Abrahao (Florida Int'l Univ.), Dwayne McDaniel (Florida Int'l Univ.), Leonel Lagos (Florida Int'l Univ.), Mackenson Telusma (Florida Int'l Univ.)
Field-Deployable Sensor Package Development for Automated Inspections at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
10:40–11:00AM MST
Maria Karla Sotolongo (Florida Int'l Univ.), Hiba Khalil (Florida Int'l Univ.), Gabriel Cerioni (Florida Int'l Univ.), Javier Figueroa (Florida Int'l Univ.), Anthony Abrahao (Florida Int'l Univ.), Dwayne McDaniel (Florida Int'l Univ.), Leonel Lagos (Florida Int'l Univ.)
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