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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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A webinar, and a new opportunity to take ANS’s CNP Exam
Applications are now open for the fall 2025 testing period for the American Nuclear Society’s Certified Nuclear Professional (CNP) exam. Applications are being accepted through October 14, and only three testing sessions are offered per year, so it is important to apply soon. The test will be administered from November 12 through December 16. To check eligibility and schedule your exam, click here.
In addition, taking place tomorrow (September 19) from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. (CDT), ANS will host a new webinar, “How to Become a Certified Nuclear Professional.” More information is available below in this article.
Technical Session
Wednesday, July 24, 2024|8:00–9:50AM CDT|Senate A/B
Session Chair:
Diana Grandas
Alternate Chair:
Paul P. Wilson
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Investigation of Liquid Solution Centrifugation as a Potential Lithium Isotope Separation Method
8:00–8:25AM CDT
Norbert K. Wegrzynowski (Univ. Bristol), Alicja Szczepanska (Univ. Bristol), Yannick Verbelen (Univ. Bristol), Rob Havell (Univ. Bristol), Hugo Dominguez-Andrade (Univ. Bristol), Mahmoud Bakr (Univ. Bristol), Tom Mooney (Univ. Bristol), Alex Little (Univ. Bristol), Tomas Martin (Univ. Bristol), Jamie Townes (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), Tom Scott (Univ. Bristol)
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Power Conversion System Indirectly Coupled with Primary Heat Transfer System in EU DEMO Water Cooled Lithium Lead Pulsating Balance of Plant.
8:25–8:45AM CDT
A. Burlando (Università degli Studi di Genova), L. Barucca (Ansaldo Nuclare), F. Giannetti (Sapienza Univ. Roma), C. Ciurluini (Sapienza Univ. Roma), F. Colliva (Sapienza Univ. Roma), G. Mongiardini (Sapienza Univ. Roma), A. Tincani (ENEA), C. Bima (Ansaldo Energia), A. Traverso (Università degli studi di Genova)
Building a Body of Knowledge to Inform a Technology-Agnostic Iterative Safety Assessment Methodology for Fusion Facilities
8:45–9:05AM CDT
Steven Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.), Diana Grandas (EPRI), Andrew Sowder (EPRI), Brennan Ferrington (Vanderbilt Univ.), George Flanagan (ORNL Retired)
Design and Commissioning of High-Pressure Helium Flow Visualization Apparatus for Blanket Cooling Studies
9:05–9:25AM CDT
Cody S. Wiggins (ORNL), Yuqiao Fan (ORNL), Chris Crawford (ORNL), Chase Joslin (ORNL)
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