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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Education and training to support Canadian nuclear workforce development
Along with several other nations, Canada has committed to net-zero emissions by 2050. Part of this plan is tripling nuclear generating capacity. As of 2025, the country has four operating nuclear generating stations with a total of 17 reactors, 16 of which are in the province of Ontario. The Independent Electricity System Operator has recommended that an additional 17,800 MWe of nuclear power be added to Ontario’s grid.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fuels and Actinide Materials
Monday, December 11, 2023|3:10–4:50PM CST|Galerie 3
Session Chair:
Pierre-Clement A. Simon (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Michael R. Tonks (Univ. Florida)
Track Organizers:
Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
Jian Gan (INL)
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Fracture Behavior Analysis of UO2 Nuclear Fuel Using a Ball-on-Ring Biaxial Flexure Test
3:10–3:30PM CST
Adrianna E. Lupercio (Boise State), Cayden Doyle (Boise State), Andrew T. Nelson (ORNL), Brian J. Jaques (Boise State)
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An Empirical Model for Fractional High Burnup Structure in UO2 Fuel
3:30–3:50PM CST
W.C. Brinkley (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), N. Capps (ORNL), B.D. Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
The Transient Behavior of the Porous UO2 Pellets with Submicron Grain Size Under LOCA and RIA Thermal Shock Testing
3:50–4:10PM CST
Dong Zhao (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Andre Broussard (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Kevin Yan (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Heng Ban (Univ. Pittsburgh), Jie Lian (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Multiphysics and Multiscale Modeling of High Burnup UO2
4:10–4:30PM CST
Karim Ahmed (TAMU)
Analysis of Future Fuel/Cladding Systems for Light Water Reactor Use
4:30–4:50PM CST
Inez Beverly Solomon (Univ. Manchester), Joel Turner (Univ. Manchester), Robert Harrision (Univ. Manchester)
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