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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|Methods Development
Wednesday, July 23, 2025|10:00AM–12:05PM EDT|Gulf Room
Session Chair:
Rodolfo M. Ferrer (Studsvik)
Alternate Chair:
David Kropaczek (Veracity Nuclear)
Session Organizer:
Scott P. Palmtag
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Simulating Challenging BWR Operation Conditions with CMS5
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Petri Forslund Guimarães (Studsvik), Tamer Bahadir (Studsvik), Christian Jönsson (Studsvik), Joshua Hykes (Studsvik), Rodolfo Ferrer (Studsvik)
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BWR Control Blade Depletion Modeling with SIMULATE5
10:25–10:50AM EDT
Tamer Bahadir (Studsvik)
Acceleration of 3D Nodal Diffusion Code RAST-K for Transient Analysis using Memory Access Pattern Optimization and Parallelization
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Hyungwoo Sohn (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Jinsu Park (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Deokjung Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
APEX: An Efficient and Fast-Running Simulator for Multicycle Core Analysis
11:15–11:40AM EDT
David Kropaczek (Veracity Nuclear), Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear), Benjamin Collins (Veracity Nuclear), Aaron Graham (Veracity Nuclear)
CIPS Index Predictions for Fixed Incore Detection Systems
11:40AM–12:00PM EDT
Benjamin S. Collins (Veracity Nuclear), Cole Gentry (Veracity Nuclear), Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear), Dave J. Kropaczek (Veracity Nuclear)
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