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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 MSTD
Monday, November 13, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST|Jefferson West
Session Chair:
L. Vergari
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
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Measuring Viscosity of Molten Salts Using Laser Video Holography
1:00–1:20PM EST
Hayden S. Bland (NCSU), Alexander W. Bataller (NCSU)
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Investigating the Thermal Conductivity of Molten Salts Using Thermoreflectance
1:20–1:40PM EST
Syed Muhammad Mujtaba Rizvi (NCSU), Alexander W. Bataller (NCSU)
High-Throughput Prediction of Molten Salt Mixture Density with Supervised Machine Learning
1:40–2:00PM EST
Julián Barra Otondo (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell), Shayan Shahbazi (ANL), Tyler Starkus (ANL), Anthony Birri (ORNL), Simone Audesse (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell), Prasanna Balaprakash (ORNL), Rajni Chahal (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell), Stephen Lam (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell)
Sources of Error in the Measurement of Thermophysical Properties of Molten Salts
2:00–2:20PM EST
D. Nathanael Gardner (Univ. California, Berkeley), Maximilien Denis (Univ. California, Berkeley), Zachary Falkowski (Univ. California, Berkeley), L. Vergari (Univ. California, Berkeley), Raluca O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley)
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