Schedule Timeline

Schedule is subject to change

Friday — October 27, 2023

2:00PM EDT

Events

DESD Executive and Program Committee (Virtual)

Wednesday — November 1, 2023

12:00PM EDT

Events

Mathematics and Computation Executive + Program Committee (Virtual)

Thursday — November 2, 2023

7:00PM EDT

Events

Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls Committee (Virtual)

Sunday — November 5, 2023

9:00AM EST

Events

Thermal Hydraulics Division Program Committee Meeting (Virtual)

3:00PM EST

Events

Reactor Physics Division Executive and Program Committees (Virtual)

Monday — November 6, 2023

12:00PM EST

Events

Scholarship Policy and Coordination Committee (Virtual)

2:00PM EST

Events

Young Members Group Executive Committee (Virtual)

Tuesday — November 7, 2023

3:00PM EST

Events

Honors & Awards Committee (Virtual)

Wednesday — November 8, 2023

11:00AM EST

Events

Large Light Water Reactor Consensus Committee (LLWRCC) (Virtual)

Thursday — November 9, 2023

11:00AM EST

Events

Safety and Radiological Analyses Consensus Committee (SRACC) (Virtual)

12:00PM EST

Events

Environmental and Siting Consensus Committee (ESCC) (Virtual)

4:00PM EST

Events

Alpha Nu Sigma National Honor Society (Virtual)
Bylaws & Rules Committee (Virtual)

5:00PM EST

Events

Fuel Cycle and Waste Management Division (FCWMD) Program Committee (Virtual)

Saturday — November 11, 2023

7:30AM EST

Sessions

Young Professionals Congress

Registration Desk open from 7:30am-4:00pm

8:30AM EST

Sessions

Young Professionals Congress

Opening Remarks (Monroe)

8:50AM EST

Sessions

Young Professionals Congress

Plenary: Nuclear in Transition (Monroe)

10:20AM EST

Sessions

Young Professionals Congress

Nuclear Innovation (Lincoln East)
Nuclear Journeys: Charting Career Pathways to a Sustainable Future (Lincoln West)
Minority Representation in the Nuclear Industry (Jefferson East)

11:20AM EST

Sessions

Young Professionals Congress

Nuclear Legislation (Lincoln East)
Re-empower your Work-Life Balance (Lincoln West)
Science Friction: Risk Communications Workshop (Jefferson East)

12:15PM EST

Sessions

Young Professionals Congress

Lunch

1:20PM EST

Sessions

Young Professionals Congress

Plenary: Leading High Performing Teams with Authentic Communication (Monroe)

2:30PM EST

Sessions

Young Professionals Congress

Coffee Break

3:00PM EST

Sessions

Young Professionals Congress

Environmental Justice Around the Table (Lincoln West)
Building High Performing Teams on a Foundation of Trust and Effective Communication (Jefferson East)
Empowerment via Mentoring (Lincoln East)

4:00PM EST

Sessions

Young Professionals Congress

Closing session (Monroe)

6:30PM EST

Sessions

Young Professionals Congress

YPC networking social (The Board Room DC (Offsite))

Sunday — November 12, 2023

7:30AM EST

Events

President's Breakfast for Division and Committee Chairs (Location: Monroe)

8:00AM EST

Events

ANS-8.23, Nuclear Criticality Accident Emergency Planning and Response (Location: Cardozo)

9:00AM EST

Events

Professional Divisions Committee (PDC) (Location: Monroe)

10:00AM EST

Events

Meetings, Proceedings and Transactions Committee (Location: Jay)
Book Publishing Committee (Location: Holmead West)

11:00AM EST

Events

ANS-8.12, Plutonium-Uranium Fuel Mixtures Outside Reactors (Location: Kalorama)
National Program Committee - Screening (Location: Jay)
Accreditation Policy and Procedures Committee (Location: Holmead East)

12:30PM EST

Events

Professional Engineering Examination Committee (Location: Jay)
Technical Journals Committee (Location: Holmead West)

1:00PM EST

Events

Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Education (Kalorama)
Local Sections Committee Meeting & Workshop (Location: Cabinet)
Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Division (Location: Cardozo)
Isotopes & Radiation Division (Location: Fairchild East/West)

2:00PM EST

Events

Student Program Meeting (Location: Jay)
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Program (Location: Kalorama)
Education, Training & Workforce Development Division Executive Committee (Location: Holmead East)
Registration/Help Desk open from 2:00 pm-7:00 pm (Columbia Foyer)

2:30PM EST

Events

Thermal Hydraulics Division Town Hall (Location: Cabinet)

3:00PM EST

Events

Publications Steering Committee (Location: Holmead West)
Fuel Cycle and Waste Management Division Executive Committee (Cardozo)
Operations & Power Division Executive/Program Committees (Location: Jay)
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Executive (Location: Kalorama)

3:30PM EST

Events

Thermal Hydraulics Division Executive Committee (Location: Cabinet)

4:00PM EST

Events

Robotics & Remote Systems Division Executive Committee (Location: Holmead East)
NEDHO (Location: Fairchild East/West)
Pacific Nuclear Council Meeting (Location: Boundary)

4:30PM EST

Events

Nuclear Science and Engineering Advisory Board (Location: Holmead West)

6:00PM EST

Events

Expo open from 6:00-8:00 pm (Columbia Foyer)
ANS President's Opening Reception (Columbia Foyer)

Monday — November 13, 2023

7:00AM EST

Events

Continental Breakfast (Columbia Foyer)
Expo open from 7:00 am-4:30 pm (Columbia Foyer)
Registration/Help Desk open from 7:00 am-5:00 pm (Columbia Foyer)

8:00AM EST

Sessions

2023 ANS Winter Conference and Expo

Opening Plenary (International Ballroom Center)

11:00AM EST

Events

Materials Science and Technology Division Executive Committee (Location: Holmead West)

11:30AM EST

Events

Lunch (Columbia Foyer)
DIA Committee (Location: Cardozo)
Accelerator Applications Division Executive Committee (Location: Holmead East)

12:00PM EST

Events

Visualize Radiation with ANS’s Cloud Chamber Kit (Columbia Foyer)
Book Signing: Redemption of Prometheus: Creating a Sustainable Nuclear Enterprise for the 21st Century (Columbia Foyer)
National Meeting Committee (Location: Jay)

1:00PM EST

Sessions

2023 ANS Winter Conference and Expo

State of Nuclear (International Ballroom East)
Student Design Competition (Columbia 12)
Potential Impacts of Advanced Reactors to FWDCC Standards (Fairchild East/West)
Online Monitoring, Diagnostics, and Prognostics: I (Georgetown West)
Current Issues in Computational Methods Roundtable: Fusion Energy (Jefferson East)
Fuel and Materials for Molten Salt Reactors: I (Jefferson West)
Data, Analysis, and Operations in Nuclear Criticality Safety: I (Columbia 11)
Net Zero and Beyond: How Nuclear Energy Could Power Negative Emissions Technologies (Kalorama)
Reactor Physics: General (Gunston East/West)
MARVEL Reactor Demonstration Final Design (Lincoln West)
Radiation Protection and Shielding: General (Lincoln East)
Robotic Digital Twin for Nuclear and Energy Applications (Georgetown East)
Thermal Hydraulics Activities and Opportunities in Industry (Columbia 9)
Highlights from NURETH-20 (Columbia 10)

Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2023)

Plenary Session Part I (Monroe)

1:30PM EST

Events

Nuclear Criticality Safety Consensus Committee (NCSCC) (Holmead West)

2:00PM EST

Sessions

Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2023)

Plenary Session Part II: Opening Plenary Address: Corey Hinderstein, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration (Monroe)

Events

Risk-informed, Performance-based Principles and Policy Committee (RP3C) (Location: Jay)

2:45PM EST

Events

Coffee Break (Columbia Foyer)

3:15PM EST

Sessions

2023 ANS Winter Conference and Expo

Practical Experience with Advanced Reactor Licensing (International Ballroom East)
Aerospace Nuclear Science and Technology (Lincoln East)
Topics in Remote Systems and Decommissioning (Georgetown East)
Cutting Edge Techniques from Education, Training and Distance Education (Columbia 12)
Advanced Reactors and Fuel Cycle Options (Fairchild East/West)
Fusion Energy: General (Georgetown West)
Isotope Production: Addressing Global Isotope Supply and Demand Challenges in the U.S. and Worldwide (Jefferson East)
Fuel and Materials for Molten Salt Reactors: II (Jefferson West)
Industry NCS Spent Fuel Storage Reg Guide 1.240 (Columbia 11)
Nuclear Energy Markets, Financing, and Economics (Kalorama)
Reactor Physics of Advanced Reactors: I (Gunston East/West)
Current Efforts to Develop and Deploy Commercial Molten Salt Reactors in U.S. (Lincoln West)
Computational Fluid Dynamics: I (Columbia 10)
In Memorium: Dr. Hans Fauske (Columbia 9)

Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2023)

Plenary Session Part III: Special Panel on Global Nuclear Nonproliferation Challenges (Monroe)

5:30PM EST

Events

(By invite only) MIT Reception (Tenleytown room)
Nuclear Installations Safety Division (Location: Jay)

6:00PM EST

Events

Student Sections Committee (Location: Holmead West)
OPD Dinner (Tickets available for purchase) (The Imperial)

6:30PM EST

Events

Fusion Energy Division Executive Committee Meeting (Location: Cardozo)

8:00PM EST

Events

YMG Winter Meeting Social Event (Across the Pond)

Tuesday — November 14, 2023

7:00AM EST

Events

Continental Breakfast (Columbia Foyer)
Expo open from 7:00 am-1:00 pm (Columbia Foyer)
Registration/Help Desk open from 7:00 am-5:00 pm (Columbia Foyer)

8:00AM EST

Sessions

2023 ANS Winter Conference and Expo

NuScale Update / ANS Tuesday Plenary / Space: The [Next] Nuclear Frontier (International Ballroom Center)

Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2023)

Conversion of HEU Research Reactors and HALEU Facility Safeguard Approaches (Lincoln West)
Nondestructive and Destructive Assay Methods: I (Monroe)
Safeguards Technology Advancements: I (Lincoln East)

8:30AM EST

Events

ANS-19, Reactor Physics Subcommittee (Location: Cardozo)

9:00AM EST

Events

ANS-8.1, Nuclear Criticality Safety in Operations with Fissionable Material Outside Reactors (Location: Holmead West)
Standards Board (Location: Columbia 12)

9:45AM EST

Events

Coffee Break (Columbia Foyer)

10:00AM EST

Sessions

2023 ANS Winter Conference and Expo

The Publishing Balancing Act: Open Research and Export Control Policies (International Ballroom East)
International Molten Salt Research in Support of MSR Development (Fairchild East/West)
Cybersecurity in Wireless Technologies, Digital I&C, Digital Twins, and Human Factors Considerations (Georgetown West)
Isotopes and Radiation: General I (Jefferson East)
Nuclear Fuels: I (Jefferson West)
Critical and Subcritical Experiments: I (Columbia 11)
Nuclear Installations Safety: General (Columbia 10)
Integrated Energy Systems Modeling and Simulation Challenges (Kalorama)
NRIC Virtual Test Bed: I (Cabinet)
Computational Methods in Radiation Protection and Shielding (Georgetown East)
Computational Fluid Dynamics: II (Columbia 9)

Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2023)

Nondestructive and Destructive Assay Methods: II (Monroe)
Advanced Reactor Safeguards and Security (Lincoln West)
Safeguards Technology Advancements: II (Lincoln East)

11:45AM EST

Events

External Affairs Committee (Location: Holmead West)
Lunch (Columbia Foyer)

12:00PM EST

Events

Visualize Radiation with ANS’s Cloud Chamber Kit (Columbia Foyer)
Book Signing: Nuclear Criticality Safety: Evaluations, Calculations, and Experiences (Columbia Foyer)
Young Member Group Program Committee (Location: Gunston (East/West))
National Program Committee (Location: Jay)

1:00PM EST

Sessions

2023 ANS Winter Conference and Expo

K-12 Education and the Nuclear Workforce (International Ballroom East)
Advancement of International Repository Programs (Fairchild East/West)
Progress in Spent Nuclear Fuel and Fuel Recycling / Reprocessing (Georgetown West)
New and Innovative Developments for the University Research Reactors and Nuclear Science Programs (Jefferson East)
Nuclear Fuels: II (Jefferson West)
CAAS and Emergency Response Issues: I (Columbia 11)
Highlights of PSA 2023 (Columbia 10)
Hybrid and Integrated Energy Systems: I (Kalorama)
Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP) Status and Updates (Lincoln East)
Modeling and Simulation Efforts to Support Conversion of Research Reactors to Low-Enriched Uranium Fuel: I (Cabinet)
Young Professional Thermal Hydraulics Research Competition: I (Columbia 9)

Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2023)

Public-Private Partnerships for 3S Applied in Advanced Nuclear Reactors (Lincoln West)

2:45PM EST

Events

Coffee Break (Columbia Foyer)

3:15PM EST

Sessions

2023 ANS Winter Conference and Expo

Industry Decarbonization: Art, Science, and Politics (International Ballroom East)
Commercial Decommissioning (Georgetown East)
Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Awards (Jefferson West)
Intelligent Digital Twin for Plant Asset Management and Modernization: Technology and Economics (Georgetown West)
Transport Methods and Reactor Physics (Jefferson East)
ANS-8 Standards Forum (Columbia 11)
Research Reactor Fuel Failure Events in HFIR and NCNR: Recovery to Normal Operations (Columbia 10)
Hybrid and Integrated Energy Systems: II (Kalorama)
Reactor Physics of Advanced Reactors: II (Fairchild East/West)
Large Modular Reactors: Practical Options to Achieve an Economical Grid Supply and a Sustainable Nuclear Power Industry (Cabinet)
Young Professional Thermal Hydraulic Research Competition: II (Columbia 9)

Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2023)

International Nuclear Safeguards Workforce Development in the U.S. (Lincoln West)

5:00PM EST

Events

DOE ANSWER WORKING GROUP "No host" happy hour (McClellan's Sports Bar)
Korean Nuclear Society US Chapter (Location: Holmead West)

6:30PM EST

Events

DIA Family Feud (Location: Monroe)

8:00PM EST

Events

ANS Party (International Ballroom Center)

Wednesday — November 15, 2023

7:00AM EST

Events

Continental Breakfast (Columbia Foyer)
Registration/Help Desk open from 7:00 am-5:00 pm (Columbia Foyer)

8:00AM EST

Sessions

2023 ANS Winter Conference and Expo

Rethinking How We Structure Federal R&D Programs in Nuclear Energy (International Ballroom East)
Advances in Interim Storage and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel (Fairchild East/West)
Aging of Waste, Storage, and Transportation Systems (Georgetown West)
Additive/Advanced Manufacturing (Jefferson West)
Critical and Subcritical Experiments: II (Columbia 11)
Operations and Power: General (Kalorama)
Reactor Analysis Methods (Gunston East/West)
NRIC Virtual Test Bed: II (Cabinet)
General Thermal Hydraulics: I (Columbia 9)
Experimental Thermal Hydraulics (Columbia 10)
How to Talk to Policymakers (Jefferson East)

Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2023)

Nuclear Arms Control Verification Technologies (Lincoln West)
Safeguards and Verification Approaches for Molten Salt Reactors: I (Lincoln East)
Safeguards Technology Advancements: III (Monroe)

9:00AM EST

Events

Fuel, Waste, and Decommissioning Consensus Committee (FWDCC) (Location: Jay)
ANS-19.13, Initial Fuel Loading and Startup Tests for FOAK Advanced Reactors (Location: Cardozo)

9:45AM EST

Events

Coffee Break (Columbia Foyer)

10:00AM EST

Sessions

2023 ANS Winter Conference and Expo

Consent-Based Siting of an Interim Storage Facility (International Ballroom East)
Cleaning Up the Legacy from Uranium Mining and Milling: Examining New Technologies (Georgetown East)
Research by U.S. DOE NEUP Sponsored Students: I (Columbia 12)
Impact of Category II Materials on Back End Activities (ISFSI, CISF, Transportaion, Recycling) (Fairchild East/West)
Online Monitoring, Diagnostics, and Prognostics: II (Georgetown West)
Computational Methods, Mathematical Modeling, and Uncertainty Quantification (Jefferson East)
CAAS and Emergency Response Issues: II (Columbia 11)
Nuclear Energy for Industrial Uses -- Bridging the Gap (Kalorama)
Modeling and Simulation Efforts to Support Conversion of Research Reactors to Low-Enriched Uranium Fuel: II (Gunston East/West)
Microreactor Demonstrations for Research, Defense, Energy, and Space Applications (Cabinet)
General Thermal Hydraulics: II (Columbia 9)
Computational Thermal Hydraulics: I (Columbia 10)

Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2023)

Computer Codes and Data Science Methods (Lincoln West)
Safeguards Approaches for Advanced Nuclear Reactors (Monroe)
Safeguards and Verification Approaches for Molten Salt Reactors: II (Lincoln East)

11:45AM EST

Events

Lunch (Columbia Foyer)
Public Policy Committee (Location: Jay)

12:00PM EST

Events

Radiation Protection and Shielding Division (Virtual)

1:00PM EST

Sessions

2023 ANS Winter Conference and Expo

How do we talk about the Back End (International Ballroom East)
The Future of Nuclear Maritime Propulsion (Georgetown East)
Research by U.S. DOE NEUP Sponsored Students: II (Columbia 12)
Spent Fuel Transportation Needs and Alternative Fuel Options (Fairchild East/West)
Rewiring the Future of Nuclear Systems: The Digital Twin Solution (Georgetown West)
Isotopes and Radiation: General II (Jefferson East)
Irradiation Experiments and Facilities (Jefferson West)
Recent Nuclear Criticality Safety Program Technical Accomplishments (Columbia 11)
Multi-Physics Applications and Analysis (Gunston East/West)
Research Reactors in Support of Advanced Reactors R&D (Cabinet)
Computational Thermal Hydraulics: II (Columbia 10)
Advances in Material Science and Thermal Hydraulics for Lead Cooled Fast Reactors: I (Columbia 9)

Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2023)

Safeguards by Design (Lincoln East)
Nonproliferation Stewardship Program (Lincoln West)

Events

Research and Advanced Reactors Consensus Committee (RARCC) (Location: Jay)
Nonreactor Nuclear Facilities Consensus Committee (NRNFCC) (Location: Kalorama)

2:45PM EST

Events

Coffee Break (Columbia Foyer)

3:15PM EST

Sessions

2023 ANS Winter Conference and Expo

Nuclear Energy Exports Are Critical to U.S. National Security … Everything You Want to Know About Export Controls but Were Afraid to Ask (International Ballroom East)
Research by U.S. DOE NEUP Sponsored Students: III (Columbia 12)
Nuclear Fuel Cycle Topics of the US-UK Collaboration Agreement (Fairchild East/West)
Advances in Sensors and Instrumentation (Georgetown West)
Machine Learning and Data Assimilation (Jefferson East)
Data, Analysis, and Operations in Nuclear Criticality Safety: II (Columbia 11)
Advanced Nuclear Reactors and Power Systems (Georgetown East)
Advances in Education in Criticality Evaluations and Reactor Physics (Gunston East/West)
Reactor Physics Design, Validation and Operational Experience (Cabinet)
Thermal Hydraulics of Advanced Reactors (Columbia 10)
Advances in Material Science and Thermal Hydraulics for Lead Cooled Fast Reactors: II (Columbia 9)
Getting Involved with Policymaking: ANS Congressional Fellowship (Jefferson West)

Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2023)

Proliferation Resistance and Risk Implications (Monroe)
Human Capacity Building and Research Initiatives (Lincoln East)
Nuclear Engineering Student Delegation Review (Lincoln West)

Thursday — November 16, 2023

7:30AM EST

Events

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Tour (Cost: $45 Bus leaves from T Street exit, accessible from the Terrace Level.)

8:00AM EST

Events

Simulation Beyond Training Tour (Cost: $25 Bus leaves from T Street exit, accessible from the Terrace Level.)
Board of Directors Meeting (Location: International Ballroom East)

9:30AM EST

Events

Congressional Meetings