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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
Monday, July 21, 2025|2:30–3:45PM EDT|Gulf Room
Session Chair:
Joshua Hykes
Alternate Chair:
Shane Stimpson (Veracity Nuclear)
Session Organizer:
Scott P. Palmtag
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Analysis of Fuel Safety Issues in Boron-Free SMRs through Full-Core Simulation: Mitigation through Integrated Core Design and Fuel Analysis
2:30–2:55PM EDT
Chansoo Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Kyuseok Shim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Jooil Yoon (KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School), Hui-Jeong Jeong (KAERI), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
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Economic Performance of a Low Power Density PWR-style SMR
2:55–3:20PM EDT
F. Ferella (Uppsala Univ.), M. Seidl (Westinghouse Electric Co.), F. Franceschini (Westinghouse Mangiarotti), A. Solders (Uppsala Univ.), C. Gustavsson (Uppsala Univ.), H. Sjostrand (Uppsala Univ.), U. Bergmann (Westinghouse Electric Co.), J. Kierkegaard (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
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