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Fusion Energy
This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Former NRC commissioners lend support to efforts to eliminate mandatory hearings
A group of nine former nuclear regulatory commissioners sent a letter Wednesday to the current Nuclear Regulatory Commission members lending support to efforts to get rid of mandatory hearings in the licensing process, which should speed up the process by three to six months and save millions of dollars.
Technical Session|Sponsored by IRD
Monday, November 14, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Sonoran 1
Session Chair:
Igor Jovanovic
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Kenan Unlu
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Database Construction for Nuclear Heating Calculations
1:00–1:20PM MST
Roberto E. Fairhurst-Agosta (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Tomasz Kozlowski (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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Feasibility of 225Ac and 227Th Production and Fast Neutron Utilization in a Versatile Thorium Target System
1:20–1:40PM MST
Kwangho Ju (KAIST), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
Hot Surface Ion Source Experiments at the University of Missouri Research Reactor
1:40–2:00PM MST
Peter Norgard (Univ. Missouri), Brad Jeffries (Univ. Missouri), John Gahl (Univ. Missouri), J. David Robertson (Univ. Missouri)
Ce(IV) Stabilization in Tris-Chelate Homoleptic Complexes: Building Blocks for Probing Energy-Degeneracy-Driven Covalency in f-Elements Through Odd Oxidation States
2:00–2:20PM MST
Felipe A. Pereiro (Colorado School of Mines), Shane Galley (Colorado School of Mines), Mark R. Antonio (Colorado School of Mines), Daniel J. Burrill (LANL), Ping Yang (LANL), Enrique Batista (LANL), Stosh Kozimor (LANL), Jenifer C. Shafer (Colorado School of Mines)
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