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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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El Salvador: Looking to nuclear
In 2022, El Salvador’s leadership decided to expand its modest, mostly hydro- and geothermal-based electricity system, which is supported by expensive imported natural gas and diesel generation. They chose to use advanced nuclear reactors, preferably fueled by thorium-based fuels, to power their civilian efforts. The choice of thorium was made to inform the world that the reactor program was for civilian purposes only, and so they chose a fuel that was plentiful, easy to source and work with, and not a proliferation risk.
Panel and Technical Session|Radiation Detection and Imaging
Friday, April 14, 2023|1:35–2:55PM EDT|Student Union 362B
Session Chair:
Christian Young (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Kate Joshi (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
This session is sponsored by the ANS Isotopes & Radiation Divison.
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Pulsed Source Water Activation Benchmark Experiment
1:35–1:55PM EDT
Dalton Lonker (Univ. Tennessee., Knoxville), Cole N. Fritsch (Univ. Tennessee., Knoxville), Harrison Huegen (Univ. Tennessee., Knoxville), Mason D. Phillips (Univ. Tennessee., Knoxville), Stephen Pucci (Univ. Tennessee., Knoxville)
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Covert Radiation Anomaly Bomb Sensor System Design and Testing
1:55–2:15PM EDT
Mary E. Brackett (US Naval Academy), Douglas Gologorsky (US Naval Academy), Matthew Niichel (US Naval Academy), Brant L. Purcell (US Naval Academy), Ben Werve (US Naval Academy)
Optimization of Radiolabeling for Positron Emission Particle Tracking Experiments
2:15–2:35PM EDT
Jerel W. Houston (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Arturo Cabral (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Adam Mafi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Cody S. Wiggins (ORNL), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
USMA RADBOT ANS 2023 Student Conference Summary
2:35–2:55PM EDT
Quinn Binney (USMA), Connor Fay (USMA), Isaac Marret (USMA), Elijah Strange (USMA)
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