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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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PR: American Nuclear Society welcomes Senate confirmation of Ted Garrish as the DOE’s nuclear energy secretary
Washington, D.C. — The American Nuclear Society (ANS) applauds the U.S. Senate's confirmation of Theodore “Ted” Garrish as Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
“On behalf of over 11,000 professionals in the fields of nuclear science and technology, the American Nuclear Society congratulates Mr. Garrish on being confirmed by the Senate to once again lead the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy,” said ANS President H.M. "Hash" Hashemian.
The American Nuclear Society provides statements which reflect the Society's perspectives on issues of public interest that involve various aspects of nuclear science and technology. Position statements are prepared by key members whose relevant experience or publications inform the documents and then the documents are reviewed by ANS committees and divisions. The final position statements are approved by the Board of Directors.
Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Reactors — ANS-13-2025
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Education, Training, and Workforce Development for Nuclear Science, Engineering, and Technology — ANS-85-2024
Price-Anderson Act — ANS-54-2024
Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion Systems — ANS-40-2024
Fusion Energy — ANS-12-2024
Safeguards and Security for Advanced Reactors Using HALEU — ANS-84-2023
Nonproliferation — ANS-55-2023
Clearance of Solid Materials from Nuclear Facilities — ANS-50-2023
Management of the Nation's Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Waste — ANS-3-2023
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission — ANS-77-2022
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The Use of Highly Enriched Uranium for the Production of Medical Isotopes — ANS-72-2022
Nuclear Energy's Role in Climate Change Policy — ANS-44-2022
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Advanced Reactors — ANS-35-2022
Domestic Production of Stable and Radioactive Isotopes — ANS-30-2022
Assuring U.S. Global Nuclear Leadership — ANS-83-2021
Safety of Nuclear Power — ANS-51-2021
Transportation of Radioactive Materials — ANS-18-2021
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The Use of Thorium as Nuclear Fuel — ANS-78-2020
Disposition of Surplus Weapons Plutonium — ANS-47-2020
Health Effects of Low-Level Radiation — ANS-41-2020
Small Modular Reactors — ANS-25-2020
Nuclear Technology's Critical Role In The World's Future Energy Supply — ANS-43-2019
Diversity in the Nuclear Profession — ANS-66-2018
Licensing of Yucca Mountain as a Geological Repository for Radioactive Wastes — ANS-80-2017
Interim Storage of Used or Spent Nuclear Fuel — ANS-76-2017
Risk-Informed and Performance-Based Regulations for Nuclear Power Plants — ANS-46-2017
U.S. Commercial Nuclear Power Plants: A Vital National Asset — ANS-26-2017
Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste — ANS-11-2017
Nuclear Engineering Licensure — ANS-61-2016
Creation of an Independent Entity to Manage U.S. Used Nuclear Fuel — ANS-22-2015
Nuclear Fuel Recycling — ANS-45-2014
