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Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
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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 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), SeungJun 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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