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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 MSTD
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|8:00–9:45AM PDT|Malibu
Session Chair:
Simon Pimblott (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Troy Munro
Session Organizer:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
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Mobility of Hydrogen in YH2-x Moderator Materials
Scarlett Widgeon Paisner (LANL), Aditya P. Shivprasad (LANL), Todd M. Alam (Sandia), Erik P. Luther (LANL), Thomas J. Nizolek (LANL), Erofili Kardoulaki (LANL), Matthew A. Griffin (LANL)
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Used Fuel Modeling: An Integral Approach Using PEGASUS Code
Wenfeng Liu (Structural Integrity Assoc.), Joe Rashid (Structural Integrity Assoc.), Bill Lyon (Structural Integrity Assoc.), Michael Kennard (Structural Integrity Assoc.)
Demonstration Pressurized Water Reactor Control Rod Withdrawal Analysis Using BISON and RELAP5-3D for High Burnup Fuel
Isabelle Lindsay (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Quang Phung (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Seokbin Seo (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Fabrication of CeN (UN Fuel Surrogate) Using Pressureless Fast Heating System
Logan Joyce (Purdue), Yi Xie (Purdue)
Oxidation Rate Dependence of Matrix Graphite Blends on Texture Orientation in High Temperature Steam Atmospheres
Katherine I. Montoya (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Tyler J. Gerczak (ORNL), Elizabeth S. Sooby (Univ. Texas, San Antonio)
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