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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Holtec pulls out of New Mexico SNF interim storage project
Holtec International has confirmed it is canceling plans to build a consolidated interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in southeastern New Mexico. Named the HI-STORE CISF, the facility would have stored up to 10,000 canisters of commercial SNF on land owned by the Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance (ELEA) near the towns of Carlsbad and Hobbs.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD|Cosponsored by RPD
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|4:30–6:15PM EDT
Session Chair:
Trevor Howard (Oregon State Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
Lander Ibarra (ANL)
Session Organizer:
Prashant K. Jain
Staff Producer:
Paul LaTour (ANS)
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CFD Evaluation of Local Pressure Losses in a Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Fuel Bundle
Su-Jong Yoon (INL), Dillon Shaver (ANL), Florent Heidet (ANL)
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A Conceptual Design for Experimental Test Vehicle for VTR and Design Optimization using Multi-Physics TH Analysis
Seung Jun Kim (LANL), Josh Richard (LANL), Keith Woloshun (LANL), Jack Galloway (LANL), Russell Johns (LANL), Cetin Unal (LANL)
Steady-State Confirmatory Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of the Versatile Test Reactor
Joshua Richard (LANL), Jay Spore (LANL), Russell Johns (LANL), Seung Jun Kim (LANL), Jack Galloway (LANL), Cetin Unal (LANL)
Ex-Core Thermo-Fluidics Optimization for Transformational Challenge Reactor
P. Vegendla (ANL), A. Bergeron (ANL), M. Subhasish (ANL), A. Talamo (ANL), F. Heidet (ANL), B. J. Ade (ORNL), B. R. Betzler (ORNL)
Preliminary Frequency Analysis of the Transformational Challenge Reactor Vessel
S. Mohanty (ANL), A. Bergeron (ANL), A. Talamo (ANL), S.N.P. Vegendla (ANL), F. Heidet (ANL), B. Ade (ORNL), B. R. Betzler (ORNL)
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