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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Japan’s TEPCO resumes operations; Monday earthquake triggers response
Commercial operations have resumed at Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant in Japan’s Niigata Prefecture, Tokyo Electric Power Company has announced.
Last week’s commercial restart of Unit 6, a 1,315-MWe boiling water reactor, is the first for a TEPCO nuclear facility since the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami triggered an accident at the utility’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Technical Session|Advanced Reactor Design and Analysis
Wednesday, April 30, 2025|10:00–11:40AM MDT|E.P. Ensley B
Session Chair:
Guillaume Giudicelli (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Logan Harbour (INL)
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Improvements to the MOOSE Reactor Geometry Mesh Builder to Streamline Mesh Generation Workflows for Advanced Reactor Designs
10:00–10:25AM MDT
Shikhar Kumar (ANL), Logan Harbour (INL), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Yinbin Miao (ANL), Yeon Sang Jung (ANL), Emily Shemon (ANL)
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Fundamental Improvements to the MOOSE Reactor Module and Mesh System for Meshing Advanced Reactor Geometries
10:25–10:50AM MDT
Yinbin Miao (ANL), Aaron Oaks (ANL), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Roy Stogner (INL), Soon Kyu Lee (ANL), Yeon Sang Jung (ANL), Shikhar Kumar (ANL), Emily Shemon (ANL), Kun Mo (ANL), Logan Harbour (INL)
Neutronics Analysis of a Lead-cooled Fast Reactor Using Griffin
10:50–11:15AM MDT
Zachary D. Bevans (NCSU), Javier Ortensi (INL), Scott P. Palmtag (NCSU)
APOLLO3-SCRAP Calculation Route for Solid-Fuel Fast Reactors Design Application
11:15–11:40AM MDT
Jean-Francois Vidal (CEA), Maciej Zajaczkowski (CEA), Laurent Buiron (CEA)
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