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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
Standards Program
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High temperature fission chambers engineered for AMR/SMR safety and performance
As the global energy landscape shifts towards safer, smaller, and more flexible nuclear power, Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and Gen. IV* technologies are at the forefront of innovation. These advanced designs pose new challenges in size, efficiency, and operating environment that traditional instrumentation and control solutions aren’t always designed to handle.
Decommissioning Environmental Sciences and Remote Technology 2024
Technical Session|Sponsored by RRSD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|1:00–2:45PM EST|Merritt 2
Session Chair:
Wendell H. Chun
Alternate Chair:
Y Z (Univ. Michigan)
Session Organizer:
Young Soo Park
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Radiation Survivability of Dry Storage Canister Climbing Robot
1:00–1:20PM EST
Roman Parra Bravo (Penn State), Andon Breitenfeld (Univ. Texas, Austin), Ethan Elgavish (Univ. Texas, Austin), Mitchell Pryor (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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Advancing Environmental Management Through Innovative Internships and Technology Projects at Hanford
1:20–1:40PM EST
Douglas Reid (WRPS), Kayle Boomer (WRPS), Leo Lagos (Florida Int'l Univ.), Brendon Cintas (Florida Int'l Univ.), David Rojas (Florida Int'l Univ.), Theophile Pierre (Florida Int'l Univ.), Pedro Chaviano (Florida Int'l Univ.)
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