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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Nominations open for CNTA awards
Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness is accepting nominations for its Fred C. Davison Distinguished Scientist Award and its Nuclear Service Award. Nominations for both awards must be submitted by August 1.
The awards will be presented this fall as part of the CNTA’s annual Edward Teller Lecture event.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Banyan B
Session Chair:
Assel Aitkaliyeva (University of Florida)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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The Challenge of Innovation in Nuclear Fuel Development and Qualification
10:00–10:40AM PDT
Daniel Wachs (INL)
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Fission Accelerated Steady-State Post Irradiation Examinations of U-10Zr Metallic Fuel
10:40–11:00AM PDT
S. Patnaik (INL), G.L. Beausoleil II (INL), Alexander L. Swearingen (INL), Jacob A. Hirschhorn (INL), L. Capriotti (INL)
Pre-Transient Characterization of Historic EBR-II Pins for Transient Testing
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Allison Probert (Univ. Florida), Jason Schulthess (INL), Luca Capriotti (INL), Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
Preparation of the Fast Modular Reactor Accelerated Fuel Testing
11:20–11:40AM PDT
Hangbok Choi (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), Oscar Gutierrez (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), John Bolin (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems)
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