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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Innovation for advanced fuels at SRNL
As the only Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management–sponsored national lab, Savannah River National Laboratory has a history deeply rooted in environmental stewardship efforts such as nuclear material processing and disposition technologies. SRNL’s demonstrated expertise is now being leveraged to solve nuclear fuel supply -chain obstacles by providing a source of high-assay low-enriched uranium fuel for advanced reactors.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Monday, June 16, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Los Angeles
Session Chair:
Aaron Epiney
Alternate Chair:
Mihai A. Diaconeasa
Session Organizer:
Yunfei Zhao
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Application of Deep Reinforcement Learning for Emergency Operation in Nuclear Power Plant
3:15–3:35PM CDT
YooJoon Seoung (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Junyong Bae (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Seung Jun Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
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LOCA Analysis of the Preliminary Fuel Concept for General Atomics Fast Modular Reactor
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Soon K. Lee (ANL), Yinbin Miao (ANL), Aaron Oaks (ANL), Shipeng Shu (ANL), Abdellatif M. Yacout (ANL), Jason Rizk (General Atomics), Oscar Gutierrez (General Atomics), Hangbok Choi (General Atomics)
Comparison of Gaussian Plume Model and Benchmark Studies for Near Field Dispersion
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Erik Hisahara (Penn State), Christopher T. Balbier (Penn State), Saya Lee (Penn State)
Elucidation on Structural Safety of Fuel-Cladding for PGSFR During DBEs
4:15–4:35PM CDT
WonSeok Ryoo (Chungang Univ.), Seo-Yoon Choi (Samsung Heavy Industries), Jaeho Jeong (Chungang Univ.)
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