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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC posts hearing request notice for Belews Creek ESP application
An opportunity to request an adjudicatory hearing for Duke Energy Carolinas’ early site permit (ESP) application for the Belews Creek site in Stokes County, N.C., has been announced by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The notice of the opportunity was published February 9 in the Federal Register. The deadline to file a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is April 10, 2026.
Technical Session|Fuel Management
Monday, July 21, 2025|10:00AM–12:05PM EDT|Palm Room
Session Chair:
Dave G. Knott
Alternate Chair:
Jeffrey A. Borkowski
Session Organizer:
Scott P. Palmtag
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The CONCORS Software Method for Coupled Code Simulation
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Matthew Adler (Studsvik), Jeffrey Borkowski (Studsvik), Lotfi Belblidia (Studsvik)
Paper
Recent Developments and Applications of the SOSA Shuffling Sequence Code
10:25–10:50AM EDT
P. H. Wakker (NRG PALLAS), M. P. Brinkman (NRG PALLAS), H. P. M. Gibcus (NRG PALLAS)
Extension of the In-Core Shuffling Algorithm to PWRs in MARLA
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Dave Knott (Studsvik), Christian Oyarzun (Studsvik), Tung D.C. Nguyen (Studsvik), Jeffrey Borkowski (Studsvik)
Novel Evolutionary Algorithm for Solution of Multicycle Core and Fuel Design Optimization
11:15–11:40AM EDT
David Kropaczek (Veracity Nuclear), Benjamin Collins (Veracity Nuclear), Aaron Graham (Veracity Nuclear), Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear)
Reinforcement Learning for BWR Core-Level Fuel Management
11:40AM–12:00PM EDT
Loukas Carayannopoulos (MIT), Michael Holmes (Constellation), Nicholas Szewczyk (Constellation), Kathryn Biegel (Constellation), James Tusar (Constellation), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
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