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Radiation Protection & Shielding
The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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Discovering, Making, and Testing New Materials: SRNL’s Center For Hierarchical Waste Form Materials
Savannah River National Laboratory researchers are building on the laboratory’s legacy of using cutting-edge science to effectively immobilize nuclear waste in innovative ways. As part of the Center for Hierarchical Waste Form Materials, SRNL is leveraging its depth of experience in radiological waste management to explore new frontiers in the industry.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|8:00–9:45AM CDT|Room 7
Session Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
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Calibration of DART Parameters for the Simulation of Fission Gas Bubble Behaviors in U-Mo Fuel
8:00–8:20AM CDT
Zhi-Gang Mei (Argonne National Laboratory), Gyuchul Park (Argonne National Laboratory), Bei Ye (Argonne National Laboratory), ATM Jahid Hasan (North Carolina State University), Benjamin W. Beeler (North Carolina State University)
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AI-Driven Analysis of the Lithium Deuteride (LiD) Fission-Fusion Cycle
8:20–8:40AM CDT
Noah D'Amico (Texas Tech University), Sandeep Puri (Texas Tech University), Ian Jones (Texas Tech University), Andrew Gillespie (Texas Tech University), Cuikun Lin (Texas Tech University), Robert Duncan (Texas Tech University)
Insight into Irradiation Defect Production in Zirconium Using Machine-Learned Potentials
8:40–9:00AM CDT
Jose March-Rico (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Jonathan L. Wormald (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Volker Eyert (Materials Design, Inc.), David Reith (Materials Design, Inc.), Brendan M. Ensor (Naval Nuclear Laboratory - KAPL), Richard W. Smith (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
Comparative Analysis of Hopfield Neural Network Performance in Processing Pulsed Infrared Thermography Images of Additively Manufactured Metals
9:00–9:20AM CDT
ELENI S. AVLONITIS (ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO), XIN ZHANG (NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DIVISION, ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY), MILTIADIS ALAMANIOTIS (ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO), ALEXANDER HEIFETZ (NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DIVISION, ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY)
Benchmarking CNN Architectures for Enhanced Analysis of Pulsed Infrared Thermography Images of Additively Manufactured Metals for Nuclear Applications
9:20–9:40AM CDT
Derian Mowen (University of Texas at San Antonio), Xin Zhang (Argonne National Laboratory), Miltos Alamaniotis (University of Texas at San Antonio), Alexander Heifetz (Argonne National Laboratory)
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