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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Researchers use one-of-a-kind expertise and capabilities to test fuels of tomorrow
At the Idaho National Laboratory Hot Fuel Examination Facility, containment box operator Jake Maupin moves a manipulator arm into position around a pencil-thin nuclear fuel rod. He is preparing for a procedure that he and his colleagues have practiced repeatedly in anticipation of this moment in the hot cell.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NNPD
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|4:30–6:15PM EDT
Session Chair:
Stefani Buster
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
James W. Behrens
Staff Producer:
Janice Lindegard (ANS)
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Proliferation Resistance Analysis of Spent Nuclear Fuels
Ryan Siggins (Missouri Univ. of Science and Technology), Friedrich May (Missouri Univ. of Science and Technology), Syed Alam (Missouri Univ. of Science and Technology)
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Moving Nuclear Doctrine Away from Deterrence
Connor Grzovic (Missouri Univ. of Science and Technology), Karl Fahrenholtz (Missouri Univ. of Science and Technology), Syed Alam (Missouri Univ. of Science and Technology)
Uncertainty Quantification of Fission Product Concentration Estimation in MCNP Fuel Depletion Simulations
Grace R. Long (Texas A&M Univ.), Sunil S. Chirayath (Texas A&M Univ.)
Separated Plutonium Attribution using Machine Learning Techniques
Patrick J. O'Neal (Texas A&M Univ.), Sunil S. Chirayath (Texas A&M Univ.)
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