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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 MSTD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Kaibab
Session Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
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ATF-2C Physics Safety and Scoping Analysis
1:00–1:20PM MST
Travis Labossiere-Hickman (INL), Andrew Bascom (INL), Brian Durtschi (INL), David Kamerman (INL)
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Post-Irradiation Examination of Yttrium Hydride Specimens at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1:20–1:40PM MST
A.G. Le Coq (ORNL), T. Lach (ORNL), P.A. Champlin (ORNL), A.M. Schrell (ORNL), K.D. Linton (ORNL)
Irradiation of Isotopically Tagged UO2 Fuel for Intentional Forensics Purposes
1:40–2:00PM MST
Brandon Wilson (ORNL), Tashiema Ulrich (ORNL), Nick Russell (ORNL), Andrew Nelson (ORNL), Spencer M. Scott (SRNL), Matthew Wellons (SRNL), Ashley E. Shields (ORNL)
Development of a Molten Salt Irradiation and Off-Gas Measurement Facility at the PULSTAR Reactor
2:00–2:20PM MST
Ming Liu (NCSU), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU)
Design of Fuel Salt Irradiation for Fission Products Gamma Spectroscopy and Off-Gassing Study
2:20–2:40PM MST
Matthew Van Zile (Ohio State), Emily Gordon (Ohio State), Praneeth Kandlakunta (Ohio State), Andrew Kauffman (Ohio State), Matthew Bisbee (Ohio State), Shelly Li (Univ. Utah), Michael Simpson (Univ. Utah), Shayan Shahbazi (ANL), Lei R. Cao (Ohio State)
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