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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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India’s PFBR attains criticality at last
Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed it “a proud moment for India” when on April 6 the 500-MWe, sodium-cooled Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achieved initial criticality. This milestone, which comes some 22 years after the continually delayed PFBR project began, marks India’s entrance into the second stage of its three-stage nuclear program, which has the ultimate goal of supporting the country’s nuclear power program with its significant thorium reserves.
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)
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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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