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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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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 THD
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Los Angeles
Session Chair:
Dillon R. Shaver
Alternate Chair:
Izabela Gutowska
Session Organizer:
Bo Feng
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Status of SPCA-ANL Software Development, Software Quality Assurance, and Application for Sodium Fire Analyses
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Anton Moisseytsev (ANL), Rachel Thomas (ANL), Acacia J. Brunett (ANL), Adam Kraus (ANL)
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Development of Sodium Submersible Flow Testing Capabilities for Sodium Fast Reactor Development
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Jordan Rein (ANL), Matthew T. Weathered (Argonne Nationaly Laboratory), Christoper Grandy (ANL)
Bearing Test Article Design for Roller Bearings in Liquid Sodium
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Evan Ogren (ANL), Edward Kent (ANL), Christopher Grandy (ANL)
An Overview of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 Version 5.8
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Daniel O'Grady (ANL), Acacia J. Brunett (ANL), Thomas H. Fanning (ANL), Yeongshin Jeong (ANL), Aydin Karahan (ANL), Tyler S. Sumner (ANL), Rachel Thomas (ANL)
Component Development for In-Vessel Fuel Handling in Sodium Fast Reactors
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Edward Kent (ANL), Alexander M. Grannan (ANL), Christopher Grandy (ANL)
CFD Simulations of the NACIE Fuel Pin Simulator with NekRS in Cardinal
4:55–5:15PM CDT
Dillon R. Shaver (ANL), Maximiliano Dalinger (PSU)
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