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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
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Michigan/Michigan State
Session Chair:
Arnold Pradhan (Univ. Idaho)
Alternate Chair:
Jake Quincey (Oregon State)
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Evaluating Ellipsometry as a Method to Quantitatively Measure Anisotropy in Graphite Matrix Fuel Forms
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Alicia M. Raftery (ORNL), Howard Kim (X-energy), Gerald Jellison (ORNL), Tyler Gerczak (ORNL), Daniel Brown (X-energy)
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Toward Development of a Fuel Specification for Uranium Mononitride Particle Fuel Kernels
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Andrew T. Nelson (ORNL), Grant W. Helmreich (ORNL), J. M. Kurley (ORNL), William F. Cureton (ORNL), Eddie L. Honorato (ORNL), Tyler J. Gerczak (ORNL)
Spout-Fluidized Bed Hydrodynamics: CFD/DEM Modelling and Experimental Validation for Coated Particle Fuel Fabrication
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Bryan Conry (ORNL), Flavio Dal F. Chuahy (ORNL), Oluwafemi Oyedeji (ORNL), Charles E. Finney (ORNL), Ryan Heldt (ORNL), Eddie Lopez-Honorato (ORNL)
Post-irradiation Examination of HAMP-3 for U-7Mo/Al-5Si Dispersion Fuel
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Gwan Yoon Jeong (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute), Young-Wook Tahk (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute), Dong J. Park (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute), Young J. Kim (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute), Heemoon Kim (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Atomistic Investigation of Plastic Deformation and Dislocation Motion in Uranium Mononitride
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Mohamed AbdulHameed (NCSU), Benjamin W. Beeler (NCSU), Antoine Claisse (Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB)
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