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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 NISD
Tuesday, November 14, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EST|Columbia 10
Session Chair:
Mihai A. Diaconeasa
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Yunfei Zhao
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Development of Dynamic Integrated Consequence Evaluation (DICE) for Integrated Safety Assessment Through Compliance with Conventional PSA
10:00–10:20AM EST
Sejin Baek (KAERI), Gyunyoung Heo (Kyung Hee Univ.)
Paper
Fault Tree Analysis of an Innovative Thermal Power Dispatch System for Nuclear Power Plants
10:20–10:40AM EST
Vinicius Zanardo Rodrigues (Ohio State), Xiaoxu Diao (Ohio State), Carol Smidts (Ohio State)
Considerations Related to Licensing First of a Kind Reactors
10:40–11:00AM EST
David Petti (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
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Investigation on Deformation Mechanism of a Reactor Lower Head Under Severe Accident
11:00–11:20AM EST
Kukhee Lim (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Yong Jin Cho (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Yoonhee Lee (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
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