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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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BREAKING NEWS: Trump issues executive orders to overhaul nuclear industry
The Trump administration issued four executive orders today aimed at boosting domestic nuclear deployment ahead of significant growth in projected energy demand in the coming decades.
During a live signing in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump called nuclear “a hot industry,” adding, “It’s a brilliant industry. [But] you’ve got to do it right. It’s become very safe and environmental.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Jasmine G
Session Chair:
Ashley Raster
Alternate Chair:
Michael A. Fendler
Session Organizer:
Benjamin Martin
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Flattop-HEU Benchmark Reevaluation Summary
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Kristin Stolte (LANL), Theresa Cutler (LANL)
Presented by John Bess (JFoster and Assoc.)
Paper
Effect of Decay Time on Criticality Safety Analyses for High-Burnup and Extended Enrichment Fuels
10:20–10:40AM PDT
A.M. Shaw (ORNL), W.A. Metwally (ORNL), M.N. Dupont (ORNL), W.J. Marshall (ORNL), C. Celik (ORNL), V. Karriem (ORNL), A. Lang (ORNL), K.L. Reed (ORNL)
A Resolved Resonance Evaluation for 51V with Resonance Parameter Covariance
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Luiz Leal (ORNL), Goran Arbanas (ORNL), Nicolas Leclaire (IRSN), Klaus Guber (ORNL), Peter Schillebeeckx (EC, JRC-Geel), Stefan Kopecky (EC, JRC-Geel), Carlos Paradela (EC, JRC-Geel), Ettore Marcello Mafucci (Univ. degli Studi di Torino)
HALEU (LEU+) Commercial LWR Fuel Fabrication at 8 wt.% 235U
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Lon E. Paulson (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), James F. DeGolyer (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), Brian K. Stone (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), David A. Eghbali (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), James E. Banfield (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), Joshua W. Thomas (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), Charles R. Priest (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), Ethan T. Reisker (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), Maddison C. Barber (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
Conducting MUSiC Modeling Studies
11:20–11:40AM PDT
W.J. Marshall (ORNL), M.T. Brandt (U.S. Naval Academy), L.M. Mulig (U.S. Naval Academy), T.M. Greene (ORNL), S.R. Blair (U.S. Naval Academy), A.M. Shaw (ORNL)
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