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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NRC v. Texas: Supreme Court weighs challenge to NRC authority in spent fuel storage case
The State of Texas has not one but two ongoing federal court challenges to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that could, if successful, turn decades of NRC regulations, precedent, and case law on its head.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Santa Monica
Session Chair:
Chaithanya Balumuru (Univ. Idaho)
Alternate Chair:
Christina Leggett (Booz Allen Hamilton/ARPA-E)
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This session covers research on a broad range of fuel cycle-related topics, including laser enrichment of uranium, molten salt chemistry and machine learning analyses, recycling of Zircaloy cladding, and fuel cycle analyses.
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CRISLA-3G Advanced Laser Enrichment of Uranium
Jeff Eerkens (Crisla), Cristo Liebenberg (Crisla)
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Structure Analysis of LiF-NaF-ZrF4 Molten Salts with Deep Learning Potentials
Rajni Chahal (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell), Stephen T. Lam (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell)
Recycling of Zircaloy from Spent Nuclear Fuel Rods Using Sulfur Chloride Reagents
Breanna Vestal (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Craig Barnes (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Guillermo (Bill) Daniel Del Cul (ORNL), Stephanie H. Bruffey (ORNL), Rodney Hunt (ORNL)
Solubility of Lanthanide Trichlorides in the Eutectic LiCl-KCl Molten Salt
Tejaswini Vaidya (Univ. Idaho), Haiyan Zhao (Univ. Idaho)
Using Fuel Cycle Simulators and Bayesian Inference in Nuclear Archaeology
Max Schalz (RWTH Aachen Univ.), Lewin Bormann (RWTH Aachen Univ.), Malte Göttsche (RWTH Aachen Univ.)
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