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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|Sponsored by OPD
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM EST|Grouper
Session Chair:
Ben Holtzman (Nuclear Energy Institute)
Alternate Chair:
Chandu Bolisetti (INL)
Session Organizer:
William N. Mann
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Capacity Expansion Analysis of Small Modular Reactors
10:00–10:20AM EST
Manit D. Shah (ORNL), Greg Westphal (ORNL), Wesley C. Williams (ORNL), J. Michael Grappone (LLNL), Matthew Signorotti (LLNL), Philip Cameron-Smith (LLNL), J.P. Watson (LLNL)
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Quantifying Cost Reduction Pathways for Advanced Nuclear Reactors
10:20–10:40AM EST
Chandrakanth Bolisetti (INL), Botros Hanna (INL), Abdalla Abou Jaoude (INL), Levi Larsen (INL), Jia Zhou (ANL), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Approaches to Deploy Multi-Unit Plants for Scale and Cost Effectiveness
10:40–11:00AM EST
Assil Halimi (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Economic Evaluation of Process Heat Utilization of PWR Type SMRs
11:00–11:20AM EST
Changmin Yoon (KAIST), Nayoung Kim (KAIST), Jeong Ik Lee (KAIST)
Accounting for National Regulatory Differences in Nuclear Plant Cost Estimates
11:20–11:40AM EST
Christopher Forsyth (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
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