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Program

Program
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Schedule Timeline

Schedule is subject to change

Sunday — July 20, 2025
7:00AM EDT
    Events
  • ANFM Clearwater Country Club Group Golf Event (Clearwater Country Club, 525 N Betty Ln, Clearwater, FL 33755) — Events
8:00AM EDT
    Events
  • RAPID (Haghihat, Virginia Tech) — Workshops
  • OpenMC Monte Carlo (ANL) — Workshops
1:00PM EDT
    Events
  • Peacock Monte Carlo Code (Studvsik) — Workshops
  • ACE and RAVEN (Westinghouse and INL) — Workshops
4:00PM EDT
    Events
  • Registration/Help Desk open from 4:00–7:00 pm — Registration/Help Desk Hours
6:00PM EDT
    Events
  • Opening Reception — Meals and Breaks
  • Exhibit open from 6:00-8:00 pm — Exhibit Hours
Monday — July 21, 2025
6:00AM EDT
    Events
  • Join Us for a Morning Fun Run! (Meet in the Hotel Lobby) — Events
7:30AM EDT
    Events
  • Breakfast from 7:30 -8:00 am — Meals and Breaks
  • Exhibit open from 7:30 am-4:15 pm — Exhibit Hours
  • Registration/Help Desk open from 7:30 am–5:00 pm — Registration/Help Desk Hours
8:00AM EDT
    Sessions
  • Monday Plenary
9:40AM EDT
    Events
  • Break from 9:40-10:00 am — Meals and Breaks
10:00AM EDT
    Sessions
  • Innovative Applications of AI (Room 4)
  • Automated and Interactive Fuel Management Design and Optimization Tools: I (Room 3)
  • Innovative Core Loading Strategies and Methods (Room 1)
  • Nodal and Lattice Physics Methods: I (Room 2)
12:05PM EDT
    Events
  • Lunch on own from 12:05-2:30 pm — Meals and Breaks
2:30PM EDT
    Sessions
  • Design Experience with SMR Core Loading Patterns (Room 2)
  • High Burnup / Increased Enrichment Challenges and Opportunities (Room 4)
  • Automated and Interactive Fuel Management Design and Optimization Tools: II (Room 3)
  • Advances in Reactor Stability (Room 1)
3:45PM EDT
    Events
  • Break from 3:45-4:05 pm — Meals and Breaks
4:05PM EDT
    Sessions
  • Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Tools: I (Room 3)
  • High Burnup / Increased Enrichment Challenges and Opportunities II (Room 4)
  • New Reactor Startups (Room 1)
  • Whole Core Transport Calculations: I (Room 2)
6:00PM EDT
    Events
  • Banquet — Events
Tuesday — July 22, 2025
6:00AM EDT
    Events
  • Join Us for a Morning Fun Run! (Meet in the Hotel Lobby) — Events
7:30AM EDT
    Events
  • Breakfast from 7:30 -8:00 am — Meals and Breaks
  • Exhibit open from 7:30 am-4:15 pm — Exhibit Hours
  • Registration/Help Desk open from 7:30 am–5:00 pm — Registration/Help Desk Hours
8:00AM EDT
    Sessions
  • Tuesday Plenary
9:40AM EDT
    Events
  • Break from 9:40-10:00 am — Meals and Breaks
10:00AM EDT
    Sessions
  • Generation-IV Design Concepts (Room 3)
  • Initial Core Management and Startup Testing (Room 4)
  • High Enrichment/High Burnup Strategies (Room 1)
  • Validation of Core Analysis Tools for Fuel Management: I (Room 2)
12:05PM EDT
    Events
  • Buffet Lunch from 12:05-2:30 pm — Meals and Breaks
2:30PM EDT
    Sessions
  • Challenges in Obtaining Advanced Reactor Fuel (Room 4)
  • Experiences and Advances in On-Line Core Monitoring (Room 3)
  • Extended Fuel Cycles and Economic Analysis (Room 1)
  • Whole Core Transport Calculations: II (Room 2)
3:45PM EDT
    Events
  • Break from 3:45-4:05 pm — Meals and Breaks
4:05PM EDT
    Sessions
  • Fuel Recycling (Room 3)
  • Current Status of CIPS (Room 4)
  • Model Comparisons Against Measured Reactor Power Data (Room 1)
  • Recent Experience with New ENDF/B and JEFF Cross Section Libraries (Room 2)
Wednesday — July 23, 2025
6:00AM EDT
    Events
  • Join Us for a Morning Fun Run! (Meet in the Hotel Lobby) — Events
7:30AM EDT
    Events
  • Breakfast from 7:30-8:00 am — Meals and Breaks
  • Exhibit open from 7:30-10:00 am — Exhibit Hours
  • Registration/Help Desk open from 7:30 am-12:00 pm — Registration/Help Desk Hours
8:00AM EDT
    Sessions
  • Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Tools: II (Room 3)
  • Automated and Interactive Fuel Management Design and Optimization Tools: III (Room 1)
  • Validation of Core Analysis Tools for Fuel Management: II (Room 2)
9:40AM EDT
    Events
  • Break from 9:40-10:00 am — Meals and Breaks
10:00AM EDT
    Sessions
  • Advanced Fuel Forms (TRISO, metal fuel, etc.) (Room 3)
  • Legacy of Paul Turinsky (Room 4)
  • Advanced Fuel Assembly and Burnable Absorber Designs (Room 1)
  • Nodal and Lattice Physics Methods: II (Room 2)
12:05PM EDT
    Events
  • Grab 'n Go Lunch from 12:05-1:00 pm — Meals and Breaks
1:00PM EDT
    Events
  • Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA) (VERACity and ORNL) — Workshops
  • Generating ACE Cross Sections with NJOY (LANL) — Workshops
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