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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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IAEA again raises global nuclear power projections
Noting recent momentum behind nuclear power, the International Atomic Energy Agency has revised up its projections for the expansion of nuclear power, estimating that global nuclear operational capacity will more than double by 2050—reaching 2.6 times the 2024 level—with small modular reactors expected to play a pivotal role in this high-case scenario.
IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi announced the new projections, contained in the annual report Energy, Electricity, and Nuclear Power Estimates for the Period up to 2050 at the 69th IAEA General Conference in Vienna.
In the report’s high-case scenario, nuclear electrical generating capacity is projected to increase to from 377 GW at the end of 2024 to 992 GW by 2050. In a low-case scenario, capacity rises 50 percent, compared with 2024, to 561 GW. SMRs are projected to account for 24 percent of the new capacity added in the high case and for 5 percent in the low case.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD|Cosponsored by AAD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Los Angeles
Session Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
Alternate Chair:
Lin Shao
Session Organizer:
Elia Merzari
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Developing Microstructurally Accurate Finite Element Meshes for Nuclear Fuels from 3D FIB Tomography Data
3:15–3:25PM CDT
Cade A. Finney (Univ. Florida), Mitchell Mika (Univ. Florida), Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
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Automatic Feature Segmentation of TRISO Fuel Cross-Sections Through Machine Learning
3:25–3:35PM CDT
Lu Cai (INL), Fei Xu (INL), Min Xian (University of Idaho), Yalei Tang (INL), Liang Zhao (INL), John Stempien (INL)
Thermal Stability and Strengthening Mechanism of BNNT Reinforced 316L Stainless Steel Composites
3:35–3:45PM CDT
Jingfan Yang (INL), Xinchang Zhang (INL), Rongjie Song (INL)
Assessing High Burnup U-19Pu-10Zr Fuel Performance Against Historical and Modeled Behavior
3:45–3:55PM CDT
Allison R. Probert (Univ. Florida), Alexander L. Swearingen (INL), Jason Schulthess (INL), Colby B. Jensen (INL), Luca Capriotti (INL), Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
Lattice Structured Lightweight Structural Materials
3:55–4:05PM CDT
Rongjie Song (INL), Michael Moorehead (INL), Dewen Yushu (INL), Jingfan Yang (INL), Jia-Hong Ke (INL)
Initial Characterization of 80 MeV Xe Irradiated UN at 400-500 °C
4:05–4:15PM CDT
Ryan Crichton (ANL), Peter Mouche (ANL), Aaron Oaks (ANL), William Limestall (Argonne National Laboratory; Illinois Institute of Technology), Abdellatif M. Yacout (ANL), Laura M. Jamison (ANL)
Code Qualification of Alloy 709 for High Temperature Reactor Applications
4:15–4:25PM CDT
Y. Wang (ORNL), T.-L. Sham (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), R. Wright (Structural Alloys, LLC.), X. Zhang (ANL), M. C. Messner (ANL), R. Bass (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), H. Mahajan (INL), Z. Feng (ORNL)
Advanced Moderator Module (AMM) Development for Microreactors
4:25–4:35PM CDT
Sumit Bhattacharya (ANL), Yinbin Miao (ANL), Caitlin A. Kohnert (LANL), Michael Hahn (LANL), Thomas J. Nizolek (LANL), Erik P. Luther (LANL), Holly Renee Trellue (LANL), Abdellatif M. Yacout (ANL)
The Role of Stoichiometry in High-Temperature Ceramic FCCI Barriers
4:35–4:45PM CDT
Sumit Bhattacharya (ANL), Zhi-Gang Mei (ANL), Shipeng Shu (ANL), Abdellatif M. Yacout (ANL)
Design Optimization of the FRIB Beam Dump Through Reinforcement Learning with Genetic Algorithm
4:45–4:55PM CDT
Geunhyeong Lee (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams), Jeongseog Song (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams), Mohit Patil (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams), Raul Quispe-Abad (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams), Nathan Bultman (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams), Takuji Kanemura (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams)
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