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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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INL’s HFEF celebrates landmark status with plaque unveiling
American Nuclear Society President Mark Peters visited Idaho National Laboratory on August 12 to unveil the plaque that officially designates the Hot Fuel Examination Facility (HFEF) a Nuclear Historic Landmark.
Landmark status was conferred on HFEF last October. It is INL’s 10th landmark on the list and one of 101 the Society has honored since 1985. ANS’s Nuclear Historic Landmark Award memorializes sites and facilities where outstanding physical accomplishments that advanced the peaceful uses of nuclear energy have taken place. The award recognizes facilities that were in service at least 20 years ago.
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)
