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Monday, August 25, 2025
7:00 AM - 3:00 PM EDT
Speaker Ready Room Open

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM EDT

Speaker Ready Room Open

Location: Independence

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
Registration Open

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT

Registration Open

Location: Ballroom Foyer

7:20 AM - 7:50 AM EDT
Speaker Breakfast

7:20 AM - 7:50 AM EDT

Speaker Breakfast

Location: Russell/Hart

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM EDT
Welcome & Award Presentations

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM EDT

Welcome & Award Presentations

Location: Salon I/II

8:30 AM - 9:20 AM EDT
Opening Plenary Session - Detecting and Blocking Iran’s Nuclear Breakout

8:30 AM - 9:20 AM EDT

Opening Plenary Session - Detecting and Blocking Iran’s Nuclear Breakout

Location: Salon I/II

Presenter: Corey Hinderstein – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Presenter: Olli J. Heinonen – Stimson Center

Moderator: Laura Rockwood – Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP), Austria

9:20 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
Opening Plenary Session - Safety, Security & Safeguards: Exploring the Opportunities & Challenges of Cross Domain Collaboration

9:20 AM - 10:00 AM EDT

Opening Plenary Session - Safety, Security & Safeguards: Exploring the Opportunities & Challenges of Cross Domain Collaboration

Location: Salon I/II

Presenter: Geoffrey Shaw – Chair of Asia Pacific Safeguards Network, and Director General of Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office

Presenter: Marco Marzo – Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials

Presenter: Rian Bahran – Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Reactors, US Department of Energy

Moderator: Joyce Connery – Former Chair of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

9:30 AM - 5:15 PM EDT
Exhibit Hall Open

9:30 AM - 5:15 PM EDT

Exhibit Hall Open

Location: Capitol Ballroom

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
Break / Visit Exhibits

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Break / Visit Exhibits

Location: Capitol Ballroom

10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
01 - Panel: International Safeguards for Maritime Nuclear Activities

10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT

01 - Panel: International Safeguards for Maritime Nuclear Activities

Location: Salon I/II

Chair: Carrie Mathews

International Safeguards

10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
02 - Measurements & Supply Chain for Radiological Security

10:30 AM - 10:40 AM EDT

02A - Industrial Radiography: Trends, Market Drivers, and Alternatives to Gamma-Based Devices

Location: Salon III

Presenter: Shraddha Rane

Security and Protection

10:40 AM - 10:50 AM EDT

02B - Empowering Global Radiation Detection: The NSDD Frontline App for Enhanced Operational and Maintenance Efficiency

Location: Salon III

Presenter: Kaushik Thallapally, MS Computer Science – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Security and Protection

10:50 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

02C - The Future of X-ray Irradiation: Addressing Supply Chain Risks and Opportunities

Location: Salon III

Presenter: Shraddha Rane

Security and Protection

11:00 AM - 11:10 AM EDT

02D - Nuclear Forensics at the Microscale

Location: Salon III

Presenter: Ruth Kips, PhD – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Security and Protection

11:10 AM - 11:20 AM EDT

02E - Assessing X-rays as an alternative to gamma irradiation for sterile insect technique programs in South Africa

Location: Salon III

Presenter: Givemore Munhenga, PhD (he/him/his) – National Institute for Communicable Diseases/Wits Research Institute for Malaria

Security and Protection

11:20 AM - 11:40 AM EDT

02F - Managing Radioactive Materials in Scrap Metal: Case Studies and Best Practices

Location: Salon III

Presenter: Alexandra P. Ioannidou – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)

Security and Protection

11:50 AM - 12:10 PM EDT

02G - Strengthening Nuclear Security Against Counterfeit and Fraudulent Supply Chain Intrusions

Location: Salon III

Presenter: Irsa Jahangir – Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA)

Security and Protection

10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
03 - Measurements of Novel Fuel Forms

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM EDT

03A - In-situ Monitoring of Fissile Materials in Molten Chloride Fast Reactors

Location: Salon IV

Presenter: Saehyun Choi, PhD candidate (he/him/his) – Seoul National University

Material Control and Accountability

10:50 AM - 11:10 AM EDT

03B - Gamma Spectroscopy Performance for Irradiated Solid-Form TRISO Fuel

Location: Salon IV

Presenter: Emily Stark, National Laboratory – Los Alamos National Laboratory

Material Control and Accountability

11:10 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

03C - Possibility of Radiation Monitoring for Spent Fuel Process

Location: Salon IV

Presenter: YongDeok Lee, PhD (he/him/his) – Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute

Material Control and Accountability

11:30 AM - 11:40 AM EDT

03D - Improving Material Control and Accounting in Spent Pebble Fuel using Integrated Measurement, Modeling, and Data Analytics Approach

Location: Salon IV

Presenter: Jianwei Hu – ORNL

Material Control and Accountability

11:40 AM - 11:50 AM EDT

03E - Material Control and Accounting Concepts for US TRIOS Fuel Fabrication Facilities

Location: Salon IV

Presenter: Tashiema L. Ulrich, National Laboratory – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Material Control and Accountability

11:50 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

03F - In Situ Spectroscopic Monitoring of MSR Molten Salt and Off-Gas Systems

Location: Salon IV

Presenter: Garrett LeCroy, PhD (he/him/his) – Idaho National Laboratory

Material Control and Accountability

12:00 PM - 12:10 PM EDT

03G - The Development of a Higher-Fidelity Monte Carlo Simulation Model for Used Fuel Classification of Advanced Reactors

Location: Salon IV

Presenter: Cameron A. Wojtowicz – University of Florida

Material Control and Accountability

10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
04 - Creating the Next Generation of Security & Protection Experts I

10:50 AM - 11:10 AM EDT

04B - Effective Practices to Enhance Student Engagement within the Nuclear Science and Engineering Program at Oregon State University

Location: Salon H

Presenter: Lily Ranjbar – Oregon State University

Security and Protection

11:10 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

04C - INSEN: A Pivotal Role in Nuclear Security Education

Location: Salon H

Presenter: Walid Metwally – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Security and Protection

11:30 AM - 11:50 AM EDT

04D - Empowering the Next Generation: A High School Curriculum in Nuclear Security

Location: Salon H

Presenter: Keziah Garba – IMT Atlantique

Security and Protection

11:50 AM - 12:10 PM EDT

04E - Education and training for the capacity building in the nuclear security regime in Morocco.

Location: Salon H

Presenter: abdelouahed chetaine – UNIVERSITY MOHAMMED V RABAT

Security and Protection

10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
05 - Transport Security

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM EDT

05A - Radiological Emergency Response Preparedness for Radioactive Material Transport Security Incidents and Accidents

Location: Salon J

Presenter: Alfitri Meliana (she/her/hers) – National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN)

Packaging, Transportation and Disposition

10:50 AM - 11:10 AM EDT

05B - Transport Security of Radioactive Materials: From Kenya to the East African Community and Beyond

Location: Salon J

Presenter: Edward Mayaka, N/A – Kenya Nuclear Regulatory Authority

Packaging, Transportation and Disposition

11:10 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

05C - The 21st Century Mechanism for Safe Packaging and Security Enhanced Transportation of Radioactive and Nuclear Source in Nigeria: Research, Retrospect and Review

Location: Salon J

Presenter: Aderonke D, Morakinyo – Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria

Packaging, Transportation and Disposition

11:30 AM - 11:50 AM EDT

05D - Development and Assessment of Packaging Design for the Safe Dismantlement, Transportation, and Storage of High-Activity Radioactive Sources from an Irradiator Facility

Location: Salon J

Presenter: Arpi Khachatryan (she/her/hers) – Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center

Packaging, Transportation and Disposition

11:50 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

05E - Commercialization of the Transportation-Security, Tracking, and Reporting System (T-STAR)

Location: Salon J

Presenter: Michael Schultze, National Laboratory – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Packaging, Transportation and Disposition

12:00 PM - 12:10 PM EDT

05F - Illicit Transit Interdiction Global Analysis

Location: Salon J

Presenter: Mariana Sorroza Aguilar, BS, BA (she/her/hers) – Presenting as former Office of Radiological Security Intern

Packaging, Transportation and Disposition

10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
06 - Nonproliferation Methods and Analysis I

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM EDT

06A - Implementation of the ABACC-Cristallini UF6 Sampling Method by ABACC and the Status of the IAEA activities towards Routine Safeguards Use

Location: Salon K

Presenter: Sonia Fernandez-Moreno (she/her/hers) – Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials -ABACC

Nonproliferation and Arms Control

10:50 AM - 11:10 AM EDT

06B - High Resolution Synchrotron Studies of Actinide Containing Single Particles

Location: Salon K

Presenter: Dominic Piedmont – Brookhaven National Laboratory

Nonproliferation and Arms Control

11:10 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

06C - Direct Sampling of Swipes with Ultrahigh Resolution MS: Isotopic Analysis Without Digestions OR Separations

Location: Salon K

Presenter: R. Kenneth Marcus, PhD – Clemson University

Nonproliferation and Arms Control

11:30 AM - 11:40 AM EDT

06D - Multi-task Seismic Signal Model for Earthquake Parameters

Location: Salon K

Presenter: Chengping Chai – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Nonproliferation and Arms Control

11:50 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

06F - New Microcalorimeter Decay Energy Spectroscopy Instrument Optimized for Nuclear Safeguards Analytical Laboratories

Location: Salon K

Presenter: Sophie Weidenbenner – Oregon State University

Nonproliferation and Arms Control

12:00 PM - 12:10 PM EDT

06G - Nuclear Forensic Data Analytics

Location: Salon K

Submitting Author: Christopher Hargraves

Submitter: Dinknesh Tekie Hadgu

Nonproliferation and Arms Control

12:10 PM - 1:40 PM EDT
Lunch on Your Own

12:10 PM - 1:40 PM EDT

Lunch on Your Own

1:40 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
07 - Global Considerations of Uranium Enrichment

1:40 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

07A - High-Assay Low Enriched Fuel (HALEU) Cycle – New Verification Approach Needed

Location: Salon I/II

Presenter: Olli J. Heinonen – Stimson Center

Nonproliferation and Arms Control

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM EDT

07B - Fundamental burn-up characteristics and proliferation resistance of uranium and plutonium of HALEU fuel in LWR

Location: Salon I/II

Presenter: Masatoshi Kawashima – Tokyo Institute of Technology

Presenter: Masaki Saito, PhD (he/him/his) – Tokyo Institute of Technology

Nonproliferation and Arms Control

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM EDT

07C - Generating Gamma-ray Spectra for use in a Machine Learning Model to Differentiate HALEU & HEU

Location: Salon I/II

Presenter: Aristidis E. Loumis-Demetrakopoulos, MS (they/them/theirs) – Virginia Commonwealth University

Nonproliferation and Arms Control

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

07D - Burn-up characteristic and proliferation resistance of uranium and plutonium in multi-recycling of HALEU

Location: Salon I/II

Presenter: Masaki Saito, PhD (he/him/his) – Tokyo Institute of Technology

Nonproliferation and Arms Control

3:00 PM - 3:20 PM EDT

07E - Impact of Nuclide Impurities on the Safety and Proliferation Resistance of Producing HALEU from Re-Enriched, Reprocessed Uranium

Location: Salon I/II

Submitting Author: Eva M. Lisowski, Student – Tokyo Institute of Technology

Submitter: Eva M. Lisowski, Student – Tokyo Institute of Technology

Nonproliferation and Arms Control

1:40 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
08 - Lessons from the Field: Security & Protection Experiences from Around the World I

1:40 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

08A - Enhancing Radiological Security: Lessons Learned from the Theft of Lead Shielding from a Hospital Radiography Room

Location: Salon III

Presenter: Lily Ranjbar – Oregon State University

Security and Protection

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM EDT

08B - U.S. Department of Energy Support to Partner Countries with Implementation of the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material

Location: Salon III

Presenter: Jessica Burniske, JD (she/her/hers) – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Security and Protection

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM EDT

08C - Professional Nuclear Networks Webinars as Effective Engagement and Communication Tools for Raising Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Awareness

Location: Salon III

Presenter: Valeriia Gergiieva, Academic – Black Sea Women in Nuclear Network

Security and Protection

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

08D - Sudan's Nuclear Security Regime Status

Location: Salon III

Presenter: Mogahed Mahmoud Hamid Mahmoud Hamid Mohammedali – Sudanese nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority

Security and Protection

3:00 PM - 3:20 PM EDT

08E - Nuclear Energy Landscape in Central Asia and Its Impact on Regional Security

Location: Salon III

Presenter: Margarita Kalinina-Pohl (she/her/hers) – James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies/Middlebury Institute of International Studies (CNS/MIIS)IIS

Security and Protection

1:40 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
09 - Security Culture Implications & Insights

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM EDT

09B - Nuclear Piracy: Weaponization of Nuclear Facilities

Location: Salon IV

Presenter: Ali Alkis, Phd (c) – Hacettepe University - NATO Defense College

Security and Protection

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM EDT

09C - Fostering Nuclear Security Culture through Effective Leadership: An Operational Perspective

Location: Salon IV

Presenter: Mohamad Zineddin, PhD – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Security and Protection

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

09D - The Impact of Cultural Values and Organizational Processes on Nuclear Security Operations

Location: Salon IV

Presenter: Mohamad Zineddin, PhD – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Security and Protection

3:00 PM - 3:10 PM EDT

09E - The Implementation of Emojis in Communicating Radiological Security Risks

Location: Salon IV

Presenter: Meghan M. Dunn, PhD (she/her/hers) – St. John's University

Security and Protection

1:40 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
10 - Developing the Safeguards Workforce

1:40 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

10A - The Fascinating Life of a Safeguarder

Location: Salon H

Presenter: Douglas Reilly, National Laboratory – LANL retired

International Safeguards

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM EDT

10B - Development of the 2hs advanced notice Mock-CA exercise

Location: Salon H

Presenter: Megumi Sekine, National Laboratory – Assistant Principal Engineer

International Safeguards

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM EDT

10C - JAEA/ISCN-KINAC Joint development on online AP-CIT course

Location: Salon H

Presenter: Megumi Sekine, National Laboratory – Assistant Principal Engineer

International Safeguards

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

10D - Designing Effective and Inclusive Discussions in Virtual Environments

Location: Salon H

Presenter: Chris Mitchell – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

International Safeguards

3:10 PM - 3:20 PM EDT

10F - Developing the New Nuclear Workforce

Location: Salon H

Presenter: Jeffery A. Coleman – Westinghouse

International Safeguards

1:40 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
11 - Nuclear Materials Management

1:40 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

11A - Initial Developments on a Non-Contact Inspection System for Nuclear Waste Storage Drums

Location: Salon J

Presenter: Izabela C. Batista, MS in Structural Engineering (she/her/hers) – UC San Diego

Facility Operations

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM EDT

11B - THE CHALLENGES OF IMPLEMENTING POLICIES AND STRATEGIES FOR SPENT FUEL WASTE MANAGEMENT.

Location: Salon J

Presenter: Bogalech Tiefu Kejela – Ethiopian Technology Authority

Facility Operations

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM EDT

11C - Material at Risk (MAR) and Target Working Inventory (TWI) at Y-12 National Security Complex

Location: Salon J

Presenter: Bobbie L. Nettle, MS (she/her/hers) – CNS Y-12

Facility Operations

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

11D - The Long Game

Location: Salon J

Presenter: Todd Erenstein, MBA – Sandia National Laboratories

Presenter: Nathan Woodruff – Sandia National Laboratories

Facility Operations

3:00 PM - 3:10 PM EDT

11E - Department of Energy Nuclear Materials Loan Program: Progress Removing Excess Nuclear Materials Loaned to Educational and Research Facilities

Location: Salon J

Presenter: Becky Eddy – CNS Y-12/Tetra Tech

Presenter: Garrett Moyers – Y-12 CNS

Facility Operations

3:10 PM - 3:20 PM EDT

11F - Disposition of Uranium-Fissium Alloy at Savannah River National Laboratory: A Win-Win

Location: Salon J

Presenter: Benton Randall – SRNL

Facility Operations

1:40 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
12 - Nonproliferation Methods and Analysis II

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM EDT

12A - Spatio-Temporal Characterization of Al Plasmas via Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence

Location: Salon K

Presenter: Justin Borrero, MS – University of Florida

Nonproliferation and Arms Control

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM EDT

12B - Spectroscopic Determination of the Optimum Crater Depth of Al Metal Using LIBS

Location: Salon K

Presenter: Weslee Kersey – University of Florida

Nonproliferation and Arms Control

3:00 PM - 3:10 PM EDT

12D - A New Generation of fixed and mobile radiation detectors to counter nuclear smuggling

Location: Salon K

Presenter: Angela S. Moore, PhD – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Nonproliferation and Arms Control

3:10 PM - 3:20 PM EDT

12E - Temperature Dependence of Noise in Silicon Photomultipliers: A Comparative Study

Location: Salon K

Presenter: Jacob W. Fritchie, MsC (he/him/his) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Nonproliferation and Arms Control

3:20 PM - 3:50 PM EDT
Break / Visit Exhibits

3:20 PM - 3:50 PM EDT

Break / Visit Exhibits

Location: Capitol Ballroom

3:50 PM - 5:10 PM EDT
Poster Session A

3:50 PM - 5:10 PM EDT

Poster Session A

Location: Capitol Ballroom

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
Women of Mass Distinction

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT

Women of Mass Distinction