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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.
Technical Session
Tuesday, September 27, 2022|1:15–3:20PM PDT|Seaport
Session Chair:
Andrew Rosenstrom (Georgia Tech)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Sandra Bogetic (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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Novel Bremsstrahlung Converter Designs for Ultra High Dose Rate Radiotherapy Systems
1:15–1:40PM PDT
Andrew Rosenstrom (Georgia Tech), Mario Santana Leitner (SLAC), Sayed Rokni (SLAC), Shaheen Dewji (Georgia Tech), Billy W. Loo Jr. (Stanford Univ.)
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MLEM Neutron Spectra Unfolding for Radiotherapy Photon Beams Using Bonner Sphere Spectrometer: A Simulation Study.
1:40–2:05PM PDT
S. Oliver (Univ. Politècnica de València), S. Morató (Univ. Politècnica de València), B. Juste (Univ. Politècnica de València), R. Miró (Univ. Politècnica de València), G. Verdu (Univ. Politècnica de València), N. Tejedor (Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe de València), J. Pérez-Calatayud (Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Radiofísica e Instrumentación Nuclear en Medicina)
Monte Carlo Calculations in Different Tumor Phenotypes for Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Using Auger Electron Emitting Radionuclides
2:05–2:30PM PDT
Jorge Borbinha (Instituto Superior Técnico), Durval Costa (Fundação Champalimaud), Paulo Ferreira (Fundação Champalimaud), Pedro Vaz (Instituto Superior Técnico), Salvatore D. Maria (Instituto Superior Técnico)
Development of Improved Dosimetry Standards for FLASH Radiotherapy: The UHDpulse Project
2:30–2:55PM PDT
A. Cimmino (ELI Beamlines), A. Schüller (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt), S. Heinrich (Institut Curie), C. Fouillade (Institut Curie), A. Subiel (National Physical Laboratory), L. De Marzi (Institut Curie), F. Romano (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), P. Peier (Eidgenössisches Institut für Metrologie), M. Trachsel (Eidgenössisches Institut für Metrologie), C. Fleta (Centro Nacional de Microelectronica), R. Kranzer (Physikalisch-Technische Werkstaetten-Freiburg), M. Caresana (Politecnico di Milano), S. Salvador (Normandie Univ.), S. Busold (Varian Medical Systems), A. Schönfeld (Sun Nuclear Corp.), M. McEwen (National Research Council of Canada), F. Gomez (Univ. Santiago de Compostela), J. Šolc (Czech Metrology Institute), C. Bailat (Centre Hospitalier Univ. Vaudois), J. Jakubek (ADVACAM), J. Pawelke (Technische Univ. Dresden), M. Borghesi (Queen's Univ. Belfast), R-P. Kapsch (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt), A. Knyziak (Central Office of Measures), V. Olšovcová (ELI Beamlines), C. Kottler (Eidgenössisches Institut für Metrologie), D. Poppinga (Physikalisch-Technische Werkstaetten-Freiburg), I. Ambrožová (Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS), C-S. Schmitzer (EBG MedAustron), S. Rossomme (IBA Dosimetry), M-C. Vozenin (Centre Hospitalier Univ. Vaudois)
External Dose Coefficients: Then, Now, and In the Future
2:55–3:20PM PDT
Nolan Hertel (Georgia Institute of Technology)
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