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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Katy Huff on the impact of loosening radiation regulations
Katy Huff, former assistant secretary of nuclear energy at the Department of Energy, recently wrote an op-ed that was published in Scientific American.
In the piece, Huff, who is an ANS member and an associate professor in the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering at the University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign, argues that weakening Nuclear Regulatory Commission radiation regulations without new research-based evidence will fail to speed up nuclear energy development and could have negative consequences.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|8:00–9:45AM EST|Georgetown West
Session Chair:
John H. Kessler
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Michael Smith (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte)
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Emulation of Radiation Damage in Neutron Absorber Under Dry Storage Environments
8:00–8:20AM EST
Woong Ha (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Sangjoon Ahn (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
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Study on Microstructure and Residual Stress of Nuclear Material Storage Container SAVY-4000
8:20–8:40AM EST
Hyosim Kim (LANL), Jonathan Gigax (LANL), Alexander S. Bishop (LANL), Tristan Karns (LANL), Paul H. Smith (LANL)
Neutron Absorber Material Monitoring for Spent Fuel Pools
8:40–9:00AM EST
Hatice Akkurt (EPRI)
Results from 3-D Heat Signature Simulations for Safeguarded Spent Nuclear Fuel
9:00–9:20AM EST
Alvaro Pizarro-Vallejos (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Michael D. Kaminski (ANL)
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