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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 MSTD
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Malibu
Session Chair:
Richard Howard (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Troy Munro
Session Organizer:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
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Mesoscale Model of Gas Bubble Evolution and Creep in Monolithic UMo Fuels
Shenyang Hu (PNNL), Benjamin Beeler (NCSU)
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MiniFuel Experimental Capability at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Annabelle G. Le Coq (ORNL), Ryan C. Gallagher (ORNL), Jacob P. Gorton (ORNL), Jason M. Harp (ORNL), Kory D. Linton (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL)
In-Situ TEM Ion Irradiation of Oxidized Nickel Based X-750 Alloy
Angelica M. Lopez (NCSU), Martin Owusu-Mensaha (NCSU), Djamel Kaoumi (NCSU)
Thermal Model of Oxide Growth for Full Size Fuel Plate Experiments in the Advanced Test Reactor
Grant Hawkes (INL), Hikaru Hiruta (INL)
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