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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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NRC Hanson's renomination clears Senate committee
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The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted 18–1 yesterday to advance the renomination of Christopher T. Hanson as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Hanson has been a commissioner since 2020, and was named chair by President Biden in January 2021. The full U.S. Senate will consider Hanson’s nomination later this month.
Voices of support: “Chair Hanson is a dedicated public [servant] who has thoughtfully and . . . skillfully led the [NRC] during his tenure as its chair. Throughout his time on the[NRC], he has demonstrated his commitment to ensuring the safety and the security of our nation’s use of nuclear energy,” said EPW committee chair Tom Carper (D., Del.) before the vote.
Technical Session|Sponsored by IRD
Tuesday, November 14, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EST|Jefferson East
Session Chair:
Kyle C. Hartig
Alternate Chair:
Lei R. Cao
Session Organizer:
Igor Jovanovic
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In-Situ Detection of Neodymium Isotope Using Laser Ablation -- Saturated Absorption Spectroscopy
10:00–10:20AM EST
Sung-Uk Choi (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Jong-Il Yun (KAIST)
Paper
Assessment of Performance for Algorithms Estimating Cosmic Ray Muon Trajectories
10:20–10:40AM EST
Reshma Ughade (Purdue), JungHyun Bae (ORNL), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue)
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Using the Oak Ridge Subcritical Assembly for Gamma Ray Measurements
10:40–11:00AM EST
Walid A. Metwally (ORNL), Mathieu Dupont (ORNL), Cihangir Celik (ORNL)
Xenon Detection Using Double-Pulse Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
11:00–11:20AM EST
L.J. Garrett (Univ. Michigan), M. Burger (Univ. Michigan), Y. Lee (KAIST), H. Kim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), P. Sabharwall (INL), S. Choi (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), I. Jovanovic (Univ. Michigan)
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