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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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U.K., Japan to extend decommissioning partnership
The U.K.’s Sellafield Ltd. and Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company have pledge to continue to work together for up to an additional 10 years, extending a cooperative agreement begun in 2014 following the 2011 tsunami that resulted in the irreparable damage of TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi plant.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Monday, June 17, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Banyan B
Session Chair:
Simon Pimblott (INL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
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Refining Absorber Shroud Geometry to Maximize Power Output and Reduce Power Peaking in ATF Test Train
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Matilda Åberg Lindell (INL), Brian Durtschi (INL), David Kamerman (INL), Travis Labossiere-Hickman (INL)
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Fuel Safety Testing for Modern Fuel Research Programs at TREAT
1:20–1:40PM PDT
Colby Jensen (INL), Nicolas Woolstenhulme (INL), Jason Schulthess (INL), David Kamerman (INL), Daniel Wachs (INL)
Dynamic System Scaling/Similarity Analysis of Accelerated Irradiation Testing of Uranium Dioxide Fuel
1:40–2:00PM PDT
Ian T. Ferguson (Oregon State), Tianyi Chen (Oregon State), Ramon K. Yoshiura (INL), Charles P. Folsom (INL), Daniel M. Wachs (INL)
In Situ Cladding Surface Temperature Measurements During Simulated LOCA Transients
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Daniel C. Sweeney (ORNL), Mackenzie J. Ridley (ORNL), Samuel B. Bell (ORNL), Nathan A. Capps (ORNL)
Impact of Stoichiometry and Radiation in Mesoscale Models of UO2 Densification
2:20–2:40PM PDT
Brandon Battas (Univ. Florida), Michael R. Tonks (Univ. Florida), Michael Cooper (LANL)
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