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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Nominations open for CNTA awards
Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness is accepting nominations for its Fred C. Davison Distinguished Scientist Award and its Nuclear Service Award. Nominations for both awards must be submitted by August 1.
The awards will be presented this fall as part of the CNTA’s annual Edward Teller Lecture event.
Technical Session|Depletion Analysis Methods
Wednesday, April 30, 2025|3:15–4:55PM MDT|Lawrence A
Session Chair:
Rabab R. Elzohery (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Bojan Petrovic (Georgia Tech)
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High-fidelity Pebble Bed Reactor Depletion Based on Pebble Tracking Transport in Griffin
3:15–3:40PM MDT
Yaqi Wang (INL), Joshua Hanophy (INL), Javier Ortensi (INL), Namjae Choi (INL)
Paper
Numerical Method Improvements in Griffin for Pebble Bed Reactors with a Focus on the Computation of Burnup
3:40–4:05PM MDT
Joshua Hanophy (INL), Paolo Balestra (INL), Rodrigo de Oliveira (INL)
Accounting for Self-Shielding Effects in Advanced Inventory Simulation, Using Probability Table, Universal Curve Methods
4:05–4:30PM MDT
Jean-Christophe Sublet (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), Mark Gilbert (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority)
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Fast Burnup Calculation Method Based on Neutron Spectrum Reconstruction with Proper Orthogonal Decomposition and Regression Model
4:30–4:55PM MDT
Tomoaki Watanabe (JAEA), Naoto Aizawa (Tohoku Univ.), Go Chiba (Hokkaido Univ.), Kenichi Tada (JAEA), Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.)
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