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Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
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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 NCSD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Armitage
Session Chair:
John A. Miller
Alternate Chair:
Amy E. van der Vyver
Session Organizer:
Benjamin Martin
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Importance of the HTC Experiments for High Burnup and Extended Enrichment Fuels in Burnup Credit Criticality Safety Analyses
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Mathieu Dupont (ORNL), Walid A. Metwally (ORNL)
Presented by Travis Greene (ORNL)
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The Effect of 155Gd and 157Gd Evaluations on the LEU-COMP-THERM-054 Benchmark Experiments
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Luiz C. Leal (ORNL), Adimir dos Santos (ORNL), Travis Greene (ORNL), Mathieu Dupont (ORNL)
Preliminary CAAS Coverage Assessment for GNF-A Natrium Fuel Fabrication Facility at 20 wt.% 235U
10:40–11:00AM CDT
James E. Banfield (Global Nuclear Fuel), Lon E. Paulson (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
Similarity Evaluation of the STACY Core to Pseudo Fuel Debris Model
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Shigeki Shiba (Nuclear Regulatory Authority of Japan)
Uncertainty of Structural Material Compositions
11:20–11:40AM CDT
Jeffrey A. Favorite (LANL)
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