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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 ETWDD
Monday, November 14, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST|Acacia
Session Chair:
Andrew R. Griffith
Alternate Chair:
Cathy S. Dixon
Session Organizer:
Kim Dougherty
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Topical Analysis of Nuclear Experts' Perceptions of Publics, Nuclear Energy, and Sustainable Futures: A Publication Summary
3:15–3:35PM MST
Hannah K. Patenaude (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), Emma Frances Bloomfield (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas)
Paper
Overview of the Development and Verification of the ntpThermo Code for the Design of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactors
3:35–3:55PM MST
Matt Krecicki (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)
A Plug-And-Play Iterative Estimation Framework to Simultaneously De-Curtain and Denoise FIB-Curtained Nuclear Fuel Microstructures
3:55–4:15PM MST
Alejandro Figueroa Bengoa (Purdue), Maria A. Okuniewski (Purdue)
Organic Glass Scintillator Bars with Dual-Ended Readout
4:15–4:35PM MST
Nathan Giha (Univ. Michigan), Sara A. Pozzi (Univ. Michigan)
Discovery of Spontaneous De-Interpenetration Through Charged Point-Point Repulsions
4:35–4:55PM MST
Sylvia Hanna (Northwestern Univ.), Omar K. Farha (Northwestern Univ.)
Identifying Potential Electron Transitions in a Ce(III)-Catecholate Metal-Organic Framework
4:55–5:15PM MST
Julia G. Knapp (Northwestern Univ.), Debmalya Ray (PNNL), Omar K. Farha (Northwestern Univ.)
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