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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
Wednesday, July 24, 2024|10:15AM–12:05PM CDT|Assembly
Session Chair:
Pierre-Clément A. Simon (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Junliang Liu (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Session Organizer:
Paul P. Wilson (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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Development of Tungsten Recrystallization Budget for Management of SPARC Plasma-Facing Component Lifetime
10:15–10:40AM CDT
D.V. Yuryev (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), T. Looby (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), L.M. Garrison (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), P. Ermoshkina (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), O. Madrigal (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
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Synergistic Effects of Tungsten and Tungsten-Rhenium Alloy Exposed to Fusion Reactor Conditions
10:40–11:05AM CDT
T.E. Ray (Purdue Univ.), J.T. Tripathi (Purdue Univ.), J.C. Johnson (Purdue Univ.), A. Hassanein (Purdue Univ.)
High Heat Flux Testing and Modeling of SPARC Plasma-Facing Components
11:05–11:25AM CDT
Michael Lagieski (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Pele Collins (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Bernd Böswirth (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics), Lauren M. Garrison (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), H. Greuner (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics), Katja Hunger (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics), Adam Kuang (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Tom Looby (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Clint Luna (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Johann Riesch (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics), Aaron Rosenthal (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Dina Yuryev (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
Novel Liquid Metal Alloys Enabling High Fusion Performance
11:25–11:45AM CDT
D.R. Hatch (Univ. Texas, Austin), M. Kotschenreuther (ExoFusion), M. Nieto-Perez (Penn State), A. Khodak (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), S.M. Mahajan (Univ. Texas, Austin), R. Maingi (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), C. Michoski (Sapientai), Victoria Miller (Univ. Florida), Carlos Romero-Talamas (Univ. Maryland, Baltimore Co.)
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