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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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NEA report calls for more accurate data on SNF heat decay
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency has issued a report calling for more-detailed information on tracking the decay heat of spent nuclear fuel from light water reactors. According to the NEA, the report highlights the increasing importance of accurate decay heat estimations due to evolving fuel characteristics, including higher initial fuel enrichment, increased burn-up rates, and extended reactor cycle lengths.
The report, Summary of the NEA Assessment on Spent Nuclear Fuel Decay Heat for Light Water Reactors, summarizes the findings of a subgroup of the NEA’s Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS), which ran from January 2022 to January 2024.
The ANS Scholarship Policy and Coordination Committee have announced the scholarship recipients for the 2025-2026 academic year. This year ANS awarded 100 scholarships totaling $230,500.
Thank you to all the donors who have generously supported our scholarship programs.
Kent Hamlin Memorial Scholarship
Henry Phuc Tran - Research Medical Center School of Nuclear Medicine Technology
Nontraditional Student Scholarships
John and Muriel Landis Scholarship
Community College / Trade School
ANS Incoming Freshman
ANS Sophomore Scholarship
ANS Undergraduate (Junior/Senior)
ANS Raymond DiSalvo Memorial Scholarship
Sushil C. Jain Undergraduate Scholarship
William R. & Mila Kimel Nuclear Engineering Scholarship
John R. Lamarsh Memorial Scholarship
Hans P. Loewen Memorial Scholarship
Joseph Naser HFICD Undergraduate Scholarship
Nuclear Criticality Safety Pioneers Scholarship
ANS/ASME Barry Sloane Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship
Fusion Energy Division Dr. Kenneth R. Schultz Undergraduate Scholarship
Rudi Stamm’ler Reactor Physics Division Scholarship
Accelerator Applications Division Scholarship
Operations and Power Division Scholarship
ANS Graduate
Everitt P. Blizard Graduate Scholarship
Robert A. Dannels Memorial Scholarship
Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences Division Graduate Scholarship
Vincent J. Esposito Thermal-Hydraulic Graduate Scholarship
Ely M. Gelbard Graduate Scholarship
Gozani Family Graduate Scholarship
Alan F. Henry/Paul A. Greebler Memorial Scholarship
Lawrence E. Hochreiter Graduate Scholarship
Saul Levine Memorial Scholarship
Michael J. Lineberry Graduate Scholarship
Fuel Cycle & Waste Management Division John D. Randall Scholarship
ANS Massimo Salvatores Memoriam Graduate Scholarship (RPD)
James F. Schumar Scholarship
Robert E. Uhrig Graduate Scholarship
Vogt Radiochemistry Scholarship
ANS Chicago - Great Lakes Local Section Scholarship
ANS Colorado Nuclear Science and Technology Scholarship
ANS Columbia, SC Local Section Scholarship
ANS Oak Ridge / Knoxville Local Section Undergraduate Scholarship
ANS Pittsburgh Local Section Undergraduate Scholarship
ANS Pittsburgh Local Section Graduate Scholarship
ANS Washington DC Local Section Jeffrey A. Gorman Undergraduate Scholarship
Washington DC Local Section George P. Shultz and James W. Behrens Graduate Scholarship
Savannah River Local Section Richard Benjamin Memorial Scholarship
Eastern Washington Local Section Undergraduate Scholarship
Carlsbad Local Section Scholarship
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