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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Bipartisan commission report urges national fusion strategy
In the report Fusion Forward: Powering America’s Future issued earlier this month by the Special Competitive Studies Project’s (SCSP) Commission on the Scaling of Fusion Energy, it warns that the United States is on the verge of losing the fusion power race to China.
Noting that China has invested at least $6.5 billion in its fusion enterprise since 2023, almost three times the funding received by the U.S. Department of Energy’s fusion program over the same period, the commission report urges the U.S. government to prioritize the rapid commercialization of fusion energy to secure U.S. national security and restore American energy leadership.
SCSP is a nonpartisan, nonprofit initiative making recommendations to strengthen America’s long-term competitiveness in emerging technologies. Launched in fall 2024, the 13-member commission is led by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D., Wash.) and Jim Risch (R., Idaho), along with SCSP president and commission co-chair Ylli Bajraktari.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|12:00–2:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Gregory A. Bala
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Andrew E. Thomas
Staff Producer:
Susan Gallier (American Nuclear Society)
The U.S. Department of Energy – Nuclear Energy supports student research through direct support of research and development (R&D) programs across the United States as part of the Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP). Additionally, the Integrated University Program (IUP) works concurrently to attract qualified nuclear science and engineering students (NS&E) to nuclear energy professions by providing undergraduate-level scholarships and graduate-level fellowships. The scholarships and fellowships are focused on two-, four-year, and graduate programs in science and engineering disciplines related to nuclear energy such as nuclear engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, chemistry, health physics, nuclear materials science, radiochemistry, applied nuclear physics, nuclear policy, radiation protection technology, nuclear power technology, nuclear maintenance technology, and nuclear engineering technology. The papers in this session are outcomes made possible by this support.
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Experimental Comparison of Core Power during PCC Accidents in a High Temperature Gas Reactor
Thomas M. Moore (Oregon State University), Brian G. Woods (Oregon State University)
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Thermal Scattering Covariance Data Processing and Compression
Aaron G. Tumulak (University of Michigan), Dorothea Wiarda (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Andrew M. Holcomb (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Brian C. Kiedrowski (University of Michigan)
A Cold Moderator For Sub-Thermal Neutron Flux Enhancement At The RPI-LINAC
Dominik A. Fritz (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Yaron Danon (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Modeling and Optimizing Molten Salt Thermal Storage for Nuclear Power
Jaron Wallace (Brigham Young University), Daniel Hill (Brigham Young University), Matthew Memmott (Brigham Young University), John Hedengren (Brigham Young University)
A method for determining full core temperature and power conditions for nuclear heat-pipe systems
Cole M. Mueller (Texas A&M University), Pavel V. Tsvetkov (Texas A&M University)
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