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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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’Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house
No electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged by the chimney with care
With the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Belmont
Session Chair:
Cihang Lu (Brookhaven)
Alternate Chair:
Zeyun Wu
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Impact of Control Rod Neutron Absorber Depletion on Load-Following Capability in APR1400
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Husam Khalefih (KFUPM), Afaque Shams (KFUPM), YongHee Kim (KAIST)
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Analysis of Asymmetric Control Element Exposure on HFIR Performance
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Kevin Burg (ORNL), David Chandler (ORNL), Donny Hartanto (ORNL)
Linear Stability Analysis of Spatial Xenon Oscillations in Large PHWRs Using Modal Synthesis Method
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Suresh C. Kandpal (Nuclear Power Corporation of India), Abhishek Chakraborty (Nuclear Power Corporation of India), Suneet Singh (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay)
Development and Initial Results of an OpenMC Model of the High Flux Isotope Reactor
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Ragai Altamimi (ORNL), Kemal Ramic (ORNL), Jorge Navarro (ORNL)
Modeling Decay Heat with a Simplified Depletion Chain in OpenMC
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Tanmay Gupta (Columbia University), Benoit Forget (MIT)
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