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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 16, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Michigan/Michigan State
Session Chair:
Caleb P. Massey
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
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Database Development for Out-of-Pile Furnace Tests on Metallic Fuels
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Carolyn Tomchik (ANL), Aaron Oaks (ANL)
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Validation of MFUEL Module of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 Using EBR-II, FFTF, and Phenix Experience
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Aydin Karahan (ANL), Daniel O'Grady (ANL), Rachel Thomas (ANL), Thomas H. Fanning (ANL)
Database-BISON Integration Powered Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Metallic Fuel Models Assessment
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Yinbin Miao (ANL), Aaron Oaks (ANL), Shipeng Shu (ANL), Kun Mo (ANL), Carolyn Tomchik (ANL), Christopher Matthews (LANL), Stephen Novascone (INL), Abdellatif M. Yacout (ANL)
Recent Metallic Fuel Data Recovery in FIPD
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Kun Mo (ANL), Aaron Oaks (ANL), Yinbin Miao (ANL), Zhi-gang Mei (ANL), Soon K. Lee (ANL), Jason L. Schulthess (INL), Douglas L. Porter (INL), Abdellatif M. Yacout (ANL)
Investigation of Constituent Redistribution in a 12 at% Burn-up Annular U-10Zr Fuel Using EPMA and TEM
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Mary E. Sevart (Univ. Florida), Karen Wright (INL), Daniele Salvato (INL), Fei Xu (INL), Tiankai Yao (INL), Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
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