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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Darleane C. Hoffman, transuranium element pioneer, dies at age 98
Nuclear chemist Darleane D. Hoffman, who was renowned for her research on transuranium elements that advanced the understanding of nuclear fission, died on September 4 at her home in Menlo Park, Calif. She was 98.
Iowa origins: Hoffman was born on November 8, 1926, in Terril, Ia. She attended Iowa State University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1948 and a doctorate in physical (or nuclear) chemistry in 1951. She then began working as a chemist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Technical Session|Sponsored by IRD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST|Jefferson East
Session Chair:
Lei R. Cao
Alternate Chair:
Hyoung K. Lee
Session Organizer:
Igor Jovanovic
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Investigation of the Evolution of Defects in Wide Bandgap β-Gallium Oxide
1:00–1:20PM EST
L.R. Gomez-Hurtado (NCSU), R. McRobie (NCSU), M. Liu (NCSU), C. Fleming (NCSU), A.I. Hawari (NCSU), G. Yang (NCSU)
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Scaling Factor Application Plan for Low- and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste Produced at Cyclotron Facility
1:20–1:40PM EST
Sang Bong Lee (KAERI), Hyun Jin Lee (KAERI), Gyo Sung Jeong (KAERI), Dae Sung Choi (KAERI), Hee Seo (Jeonbuk Nat'l Univ.)
Investigation of Computing a Background Radiation Model Using Self-Processed Matrix Profile Method
1:40–2:00PM EST
Miltiadis Alamaniotis (Univ. Texas, San Antonio)
Nondestructive Analysis to Determine Thorium Behavior During Uranium Metal Casting
2:00–2:20PM EST
Stephen LaMont (LANL), Mark Edwards (LANL), Kara Luitjohan (LANL), Mitzi Boswell (LANL), Mike James (LANL), Seth Imhoff (LANL), Theresa Kayzar-Boggs (LANL)
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