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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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NEA report calls for more accurate data on SNF heat decay
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency has issued a report calling for more-detailed information on tracking the decay heat of spent nuclear fuel from light water reactors. According to the NEA, the report highlights the increasing importance of accurate decay heat estimations due to evolving fuel characteristics, including higher initial fuel enrichment, increased burn-up rates, and extended reactor cycle lengths.
The report, Summary of the NEA Assessment on Spent Nuclear Fuel Decay Heat for Light Water Reactors, summarizes the findings of a subgroup of the NEA’s Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS), which ran from January 2022 to January 2024.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Innovative Manufacturing and Construction
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Palm C
Session Chair:
Chandrakanth Bolisetti (INL)
Session Organizers:
Hongkyu Kang (Doosan Enerbility)
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Alternate Chair:
Aydin Karahan (ANL)
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Training Autonomous Robotic Tasks Through the use of Machine Learning in Simulated Realities
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Mark C. Patterson (Kratos SRE), Seth Cohen (Kratos SRE), Joel Bjornstad (Kratos SRE), Robert Amaro (Kratos SRE), James Tucker (Kratos SRE), Austin Gurley (Deft Dynamics), Kyle Kubik (Deft Dynamics)
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Comparison of AP1000 and APR1400 Construction Processes and its Implications for SMR Deployment
3:35–3:55PM PDT
Seungmin Kwak (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
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