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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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White House taps Douglas Weaver for NRC role
The Trump White House has nominated seasoned nuclear regulatory expert Douglas Weaver for a commissioner seat on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. If confirmed, Weaver would fill the seat vacated by NRC commissioner Annie Caputo, who resigned in July.
Weaver’s nomination was sent earlier today to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. If confirmed, he would finish the remainder of Caputo’s term, which expires June 30, 2026.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EST|Columbia 12
Session Chair:
Julie Jacobson
Alternate Chair:
Jenna Payne
Session Organizer:
Andrew E. Thomas
Please join us to listen and learn about student research related to the DOE Nuclear Energy University Program.
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Establishing the Relationship Between Reactor Design Choices and Cost Outcomes
3:15–3:35PM EST
Rowan M. Marchie (Univ. Michigan), Aditi Verma (Univ. Michigan)
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Constrained Bayesian Optimization to Design Critical Experiments for Advanced Reactors
3:35–3:55PM EST
Michael G. Branco-Katcher (Oregon State), Daniel S. Siefman (LLNL), Todd S. Palmer (Oregon State)
Multiphysics Modeling of a Heat Pipe Microreactor Using Serpent and OpenFOAM
3:55–4:15PM EST
Dean Price (Univ. Michigan), Nathan Roskoff (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan)
Tritium Diffusion Through Na-Montmorillonite
4:15–4:35PM EST
Matthew Riss (Clemson Univ.), Brian A. Powell (Clemson Univ.)
Discrete Element Simulation of Thermal-Fluidic Transport in a Packed Spherical Particle Bed
4:35–4:55PM EST
Andres Gomez (Purdue), Graham Wilson (ANL), Daniel Gould (ASRC Federal), Molly Ross (Purdue), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)
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