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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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ANS’s Mentor Match applications open
Applications are now open for the American Nuclear Society’s newly redesigned mentoring program. Mentor Match is a unique opportunity available only to ANS members that offers year-round mentorship and networking opportunities to Society members at any point in their education.
The deadline to apply for membership in the inaugural summer cohort, which will take place July 1–August 31, is June 20. The application form can be found here.
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)
Paper
The Effect of 155Gd and 157Gd Evaluations on the LEU-COMP-THERM-054 Benchmark Experiments
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Luiz C. Leal (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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