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Materials Science & Technology
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Deep Isolation validates its disposal canister for TRISO spent fuel
Nuclear waste disposal technology company Deep Isolation announced it has successfully completed Project PUCK, a government-funded initiative to demonstrate the feasibility and potential commercial readiness of its Universal Canister System (UCS) to manage TRISO spent nuclear fuel.
Technical Session|Fuel Management
Wednesday, July 23, 2025|8:00–9:40AM EDT|Room 1
Session Chair:
Jason Hou
Alternate Chair:
Justin K. Watson
Session Organizer:
Scott P. Palmtag
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Python-based Reload Optimization Framework for SIMULATE-3 and Mlrose
8:00–8:25AM EDT
James W. Carnal (University of Tennessee), Noah Marks (University of Tennessee), G. Ivan Maldonado (University of Tennessee Knoxville)
Paper
Core Design Optimization of a Soluble-Boron-Free Small Modular Pressurized Water Reactor with ROSA
8:25–8:50AM EDT
Henk P. Gibcus (NRG PALLAS), Matteo Gamarino (NRG PALLAS), Bright M. Mweetwa (Nuclear Futures Institute, Bangor University), Frank C. Verhagen (NRG PALLAS), Pieter H. Wakker (NRG PALLAS), Marat Margulis (University of Derby)
A Parametric Study of Genetic Algorithm using IPWR Core Design
8:50–9:15AM EDT
Jake Mikouchi-Lopez (North Carolina State University), Jaun Luque-Gutierrez (North carolina State University), Mitch Edney (North carolina State University), Jason Hou (North carolina State University)
Implementation of fuel management capabilities for multi-cycle optimization in RAVEN
9:15–9:40AM EDT
Juan Cristhian Luque Gutierrez (North Carolina State University), Junyung Kim (Idaho National Laboratory), Congjian Wang (Idaho National Laboratory), Nicholas Rollins (North Carolina State University), Svetlana Lawrence (Idaho National Laboratory), Mohammad G. Abdo (Idaho National Laboratory), Jason Hou (North Carolina State University)
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