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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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ANS Congressional Fellowship applications due
Applications for the American Nuclear Society’s Glenn T. Seaborg Congressional Science and Engineering Fellowship are due June 6. ANS will be sponsoring two Fellows for the 2026 term, both of whom will be selected in July and will each receive a stipend of $95,000. The term of the fellowship will run from January to December 2026.
ANS encourages interested members to apply. Application instructions can be found here.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Monday, June 17, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Banyan A
Session Chair:
Kenneth Geelhood (PNNL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jake Quincey (Oregon State)
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Informing Bubble Evolution and Pulverization in UO2 with Lower Length Scale Simulations
1:00–1:20PM PDT
M.W.D. Cooper (LANL), C. Matthews (LANL), D.A. Andersson (LANL)
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Investigating the Dependence of Fracture Criteria on Microstructure in UO2 Using Atomic-Scale Simulations
1:20–1:40PM PDT
Conor Galvin (LANL), David Andersson (LANL), Michael Cooper (LANL)
Diffusional Creep in UO2 Investigated by Atomic Scale Simulations
1:40–2:00PM PDT
David Andersson (LANL), Conor Galvin (LANL), William Neilson (LANL), Pieterjan Robbe (Sandia), Michael Cooper (LANL)
Improved Simulation of UO2 Fuel Creep Deformation in LWR Fuel Elements
2:00–2:20PM PDT
R.T. Sweet (INL), J.A. Hirschhorn (INL), C.O.T. Galvin (LANL), S.R. Novascone (INL)
The Effect of Porosity and Chemical Composition of Fuel Corrosion Product Deposit on its Thermal Conductivity
2:20–2:40PM PDT
Hee-Sang Shim (KAERI), Hye Min Park (Defense Agency for Technology and Quality), Sang Yeob Lim (KAERI), Soon-Hyeok Jeon (KAERI), Do Haeng Hur (KAERI)
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