ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.
Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.
Explore membership for yourself or for your organization.
Conference Spotlight
2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Latest Magazine Issues
Jan 2026
Jul 2025
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
January 2026
Nuclear Technology
December 2025
Fusion Science and Technology
November 2025
Latest News
The Meta-Vistra deal: A closer look
With last Friday's announcement regarding its vision for nuclear energy, Meta has entered into 20-year power purchase agreements (PPAs) for more than 2,600 MW of electricity from a combination of three Vistra-owned nuclear plants to support the tech behemoth's planned operations in the PJM region.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Banyan A
Session Chair:
Cynthia Adkins (INL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
To access paper attachments, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
Register NowLog In
Accelerated Fuel Concept Screening via Neutronics and Thermal Hydraulics Modeling
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Jacob P. Gorton (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL), Nathan A. Capps (ORNL), Andrew T. Nelson (ORNL)
Paper
Effect of Threshold Parameter for Fuel Fragment Mobility on Fuel Relocation Model in FRAPTRAN
10:20–10:40AM PDT
JangSoo Oh (KAERI), YongSik Yang (KAERI), Ju Yeop Park (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
Historical, Contemporary, and Future Perspectives on Fuel Qualification
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Mitch Mika (Univ. Florida), Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
GIFT-1.0, Advanced Fuel Performance Code for LWR: Development and Multi-Physics Code Coupling Status
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Kyuseok Shim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Mechanistic Fuel Performance Modeling of Uranium Nitride
11:20–11:40AM PDT
Jason Rizk (LANL), Michael Cooper (LANL), Pierre-Clement Simon (INL), Anton Schneider (LANL), Anders David Andersson (LANL), Stephen Novascone (INL), Christopher Matthews (LANL)
To join the conversation, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.