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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Ho Nieh, TVA board members, and nuclear fuel recycling bill head to Senate floor
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Ho Nieh, the Trump administration’s nominee to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and four new board members of the Tennessee Valley Authority were approved in a vote today by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and head to the Senate floor for a final vote.
The committee also voted to advance to the Senate floor the Nuclear REFUEL Act of 2025 (S. 2082), which would smooth the regulatory pathway for recycling used nuclear fuel.
President Donald nominated Nieh on July 30 to serve as NRC commissioner for the remainder of a term set to expire June 30, 2029, which was held by former NRC commissioner Chris Hanson, who Trump fired in June.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Thursday, November 17, 2022|10:00–11:45AM MST|Kaibab
Session Chair:
Tito Bonano (NAC Int.)
Session Organizer:
Brady D. Hanson
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A Social Science Research Plan for the Initial Phases of Consent-Based Siting
10:00–10:20AM MST
Sharlissa Moore (PNNL), Geoff Whittle-Walls (PNNL), Ellen Kennedy (PNNL), Ennea Fairchild-Grant (PNNL)
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Overview of System Integration Analysis Activities for Integrated Waste Management
10:20–10:40AM MST
R.A. Joseph III (INL), G.M. Petersen (INL), K. Banerjee (PNNL), B. Craig (ANL)
Current Progress on the Development of the Integrated Waste Management Consent Based Siting Process in the U.S.
10:40–11:00AM MST
J. Uribe (U. S. Dept. of Energy), N. Saraeva (PNNL), R. Kreuzer (PNNL), K. Petry (U.S. Dept. of Energy), E. Bickford (U.S. Dept. of Energy), A. Trunzo (U.S. Dept. of Energy), R. Howard (PNNL)
Consent-Based Siting of Spent Fuel Facilities: Evidence From Nationwide US Surveys
11:00–11:20AM MST
Kuhika Gupta (Univ. Oklahoma), Ross Buchanan (Univ. Oklahoma), Hank Jenkins-Smith (Univ. Oklahoma)
Influence of Mineral Alteration Intensity of Hiltaba Granite and its Vertical Distribution on Physicochemical Containment for Borehole Disposal of Intermediate Level Waste in Australia
11:20–11:40AM MST
Lionel Esteban (CSIRO), David N. Dewhurst (CSIRO), Seyi Philemon Akanji (CSIRO), Joel Sarout (CSIRO), Matthew Josh (CSIRO), Cornelia Wilske (CSIRO), Punjehl Crane (CSIRO), Ausama Giwelli (CSIRO), Dirk Mallants (CSIRO)
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