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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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NEA conference focuses on new nuclear development
More than 300 delegates from around the world attended the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency’s recent Roadmaps to New Nuclear 2025 conference in Paris, France. In attendance were representatives from governments, industry, public and private financial sectors, academia, legal firms, think tanks, and research institutions. Cohosted by the Korean government, the event focused on practical, near-term solutions to barriers facing nuclear new builds.
Technical Session|Fuel Management
Tuesday, July 22, 2025|10:00AM–12:05PM EDT|Beach Room
Session Chair:
Radu Pomirleanu (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Alternate Chair:
Jennifer W. Baker
Session Organizer:
Scott P. Palmtag
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High-Burnup BWR LOCA Burst Analysis Framework Development
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Ian Greenquist (ORNL), Nathan Capps (ORNL), Mehdi Asgari (ORNL), Aaron Wysocki (ORNL), Shane Henderson (ORNL), Robert Salko Jr. (ORNL), Baris Sarikaya (Constellation), James Tusar (Constellation), Ian Porter (GE Vernova Inc)
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Neutronic Performance Analysis of 60 MWe Small Modular Reactor Core with LEU+ Fuels and GdN Coating Burnable Absorbers
10:25–10:50AM EDT
Seung Hyeon Choi (Hanyang Univ.), Ser Gi Hong (Hanyang Univ.)
Cycle Optimization for a 4-loop PWR Using Multicycle Constraint Annealing
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Zachary D. Bevans (NCSU), Aidan Furlong (NCSU), Scott P. Palmtag (NCSU)
Neutronic Analysis for Accident Tolerant Fuel and Control Rod Loaded APR- 1400 with STREAM/RAST-K 2.0 code
11:15–11:40AM EDT
Eun Jeong (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Deokjung Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
Presented by Dongmin Yun (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
PWR Reload Core Design and Licensing Strategies for HALEU and High Burnup
11:40AM–12:05PM EDT
Bradley Balltrip (Southern Nuclear Co.), Matthew Leonard (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Radu Pomirleanu (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
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