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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|Beach Room
Session Chair:
Petri Forslund Guimarães (Studsvik)
Alternate Chair:
Benjamin S. Collins
Session Organizer:
Scott P. Palmtag
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Review of the InCore Nuclear Fuel Management over the Operating Life of a PWR NPP
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Juan Antonio Bermejo (CNAT), Alberto Ortego (CNAT), Juan Carlos Martines-Murillo (CNAT)
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Multi-Cycle Core Design Optimization with Multiple Input and Output Constraints
10:25–10:50AM EDT
Aaron M. Graham (Veracity Nuclear), Benjamin S. Collins (Veracity Nuclear), David Kropaczek (Veracity Nuclear)
Design Methods to Reduce Risk of Crud-Induced Power Shift in Pressurized Water Reactors Case Study
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Alexandra R. Dixon (Duke Energy)
Optimizing Boiling Water Reactor Fuel Cycle Economics under Steam Dryer Performance Constraints with the aid of a Machine-Learning based Moisture Carryover Predictive Tool
11:15–11:40AM EDT
Aaron Phillippe (Southern Nuclear Co.), Jackie Golabek (Southern Nuclear Co.), Randy Dunavant (Southern Nuclear Co.), Johnathan Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs), Sanchari Banerjee (Blue Wave AI Labs)
Extended Fuel Cycle Optimization of a Generic B&W PWR Using Gadolinia Burnable Poison Only
11:40AM–12:05PM EDT
Zachary D. Bevans (NCSU), Scott P. Palmtag (NCSU)
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