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Terms finalized for Australian uranium exports to India
Following up on an agreement that was signed 12 years ago, Australia and India have finalized the details by which Australian uranium will be exported to India for peaceful purposes and under the safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The Administrative Arrangement to enable the long-term exports was reached at the Third India–Australia Annual Summit, held in Melbourne on July 9. The summit coincided with a meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
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)