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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|Advanced Reactors
Tuesday, July 22, 2025|4:05–5:45PM EDT|Palm Room
Session Chair:
Steve E. Skutnik
Alternate Chair:
Joe Fuel
Session Organizer:
Scott P. Palmtag
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MARIE: A Python-Based Framework for Comprehensive Fuel Recycling Modeling
4:05–4:30PM EDT
Steve E. Skutnik (ORNL), Randy Ngelale (ORNL), Laura Arias Chavez (ORNL), Robert A. Lefebvre (ORNL), Jin Whan Bae (ORNL), Brianna Hiscox (ORNL), Leigh Martin (ORNL), Andrew Worrall (ORNL)
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MOX and UOx Fuel Multi Recycling in Pressurized Water Reactors
4:30–4:55PM EDT
Hervé Billat (EDF), Enrico Girardi (EDF R&D), Francois-Xavier de Cordoue (EDF), Loic Pussard (EDF), Guillaume Vaast (EDF), Badiaa Amekraz (Framatome)
Selective Conversion of Transuranic Oxides to Species Soluble in Molten Chloride Salt - Validation of the First Stage of the WATSS Recycling Process
4:55–5:20PM EDT
J. P. Zuniga (Moltex Energy), I. Scott (Moltex Energy), O. Gregoire (Moltex Energy), A. D. Warren (Moltex Energy), R. Brown (Moltex Energy), G. Cota-Sanchez (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), L. Bradford (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), D. Cluff (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), K. Kovack (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), D. Poff (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), R. O'Sullivan (Moltex Energy)
Modeling a Thermal-Spectrum LEU-fueled Molten Salt Reactor Co-fueled with Thorium in SCALE 6.3.1 and Serpent-2
5:20–5:45PM EDT
C. Erika Moss (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Ondrej Chvala (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Donny Hartanto (ORNL), John P. Carter (INL)
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