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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
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Michigan/Michigan State
Session Chair:
Pierre-Clement A. Simon
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
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Neutron Imaging at LANSCE: Pushing the Boundaries of Nuclear Material PIE Characterization Techniques
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Alexander M. Long (LANL), Sven C. Vogel (LANL)
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Preliminary Irradiation Thermo-Mechanical Analysis of LEU Fuel Plate for NBSR Conversion
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Firat Cetinbas (ANL), Walid Mohamed (ANL), Dhongik Yoon (ANL), Cihang Lu (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Peter Kohut (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Abdullah Weiss (NIST), Erik Wilson (ANL)
Influence of Nb Addition and Microstructure on the Anisotropic Biaxial Creep Behavior of Advanced Zircaloys
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Mahmoud Y. Hawary (NCSU), K. Linga Murty (NCSU)
Dynamic System Sensitivity Analysis of Burnup Accelerated UO2 and Cr2O3 Doped UO2 Fission Gas Release
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Ian T. Ferguson (Oregon State), Pierre-Clément A. Simon (Idaho National Laboraory), Tianyi Chen (Oregon State)
Investigating the Mechanisms Driving High Burnup Structure Formation
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Sadie Wicks (Univ. Florida), Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida), Michael R. Tonks (Univ. Florida)
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