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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NRC dockets construction permit for Dow, X-energy SMR
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted Dow’s construction permit application to build an X-energy small modular reactor in Seadrift, Texas.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Monday, June 17, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Banyan B
Session Chair:
Assel Aitkaliyeva (University of Florida)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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Fuels and Materials Irradiation Testing Needs, Recent Progress, and Future Opportunities
3:15–3:55PM PDT
Christian M. Petrie (ORNL), Richard H. Howard (ORNL), David Carpenter (MIT), Nicolas Woolstenhulme (INL)
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Perspectives to Promote the Regulatory Acceptance of Combined Neutron, Ion, and Modeled Irradiation Data for Material Degradation in Nuclear Reactors
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Stephen Taller (ORNL), Andrea Jokisaari (INL), Yiren Chen (ANL), Wei-Ying Chen (ANL), Rongjie Song (INL)
Parallel Irradiation Testing to Support Accelerated Down-Selection of Advanced Fuels
4:15–4:35PM PDT
G.L. Beausoleil II (INL), Nic Woolstenhulme (INL), L. Capriotti (INL), S. Patnaik (INL), A. Nelson (ORNL), C. Petrie (ORNL), P. Doyle (ORNL), Jason Harp (ORNL)
High Impact Fuel Irradiation Testing Strategies Through International Frameworks
4:35–4:55PM PDT
G.L. Beausoleil II (INL), D. Wachs (INL), C. Jensen (INL), D. Kamerman (INL), S. Holcombe (Lightbridge Corp.), M. Bales (Nuclear Energy Agency)
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