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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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NEA report calls for more accurate data on SNF heat decay
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency has issued a report calling for more-detailed information on tracking the decay heat of spent nuclear fuel from light water reactors. According to the NEA, the report highlights the increasing importance of accurate decay heat estimations due to evolving fuel characteristics, including higher initial fuel enrichment, increased burn-up rates, and extended reactor cycle lengths.
The report, Summary of the NEA Assessment on Spent Nuclear Fuel Decay Heat for Light Water Reactors, summarizes the findings of a subgroup of the NEA’s Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS), which ran from January 2022 to January 2024.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Santa Monica
Session Chair:
Kaushik Banerjee (PNNL)
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Alternate Chair:
Christina Leggett (Booz Allen Hamilton/ARPA-E)
The inventory of spent fuel located at independent spent fuel storage installations across the US continues to increase. An understanding of the technical aspects of spent fuel storage is important as the U.S. seeks to manage this inventory. Additionally, the eventual transport of spent fuel to either a consolidated interim storage facility or a permanent disposal facility must also be well understood. This session covers all aspects of spent fuel storage and transportation, including routing of transportation casks and the design and manufacture of storage and/or transportation casks.
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Route Readiness Elements in a Large-Scale Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation System
Kevin J. Connolly (ORNL), Lauren S. Rodman (PNNL), Matthew R. Feldman (PNNL)
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Conceptual Design of Additive Manufacturing Based Honeycomb Geometry for Impact Limiters
Michael Smith (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Sven Bader (Orano), Brad Crotts (Orano), Yesim Sireli (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte)
Advanced Ceramic Coatings for Dry Storage Canisters of Spent Nuclear Fuels
Bryant Kanies (NCSU), Ilia Ivanov (ORNL), Mohamed Bourham (NCSU), Cheng Sun (INL), Ge Yang (NCSU)
A Study of Microstructural Evolution and Indentation Characteristics in Laser Shock Peened AISI 304L Stainless Steel
Sesily Stewart (Univ. Idaho), Indrajit Charit (Univ. Idaho), Merbin John (Univ. Nevada, Reno), Alessandro Ralls (Univ. Nevada, Reno), Manoranjan Misra (Univ. Nevada, Reno), Pradeep L. Menezes (Univ. Nevada, Reno)
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