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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Ukrainian nuclear innovator competition winners announced
For the second consecutive year, the Ukrainian Nuclear Society (UkrNS) held its Nuclear Innovators competition, was organized in partnership with ANS and other leading institutions in the nuclear sector worldwide. The two winners were announced on May 7.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fuels and Actinide Materials
Tuesday, December 12, 2023|8:00–9:40AM CST|Galerie 3
Session Chair:
Marat Khafizov (Ohio State)
Alternate Chair:
Michael R. Tonks (Univ. Florida)
Track Organizers:
Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
Jian Gan (INL)
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Fabrication and Properties Determination in Chromium-Doped UO2 for Fuel Performance Validation
8:00–8:20AM CST
Adrien J. Terricabras (LANL), Arjen van Veelen (LANL), Maria Kosmidou (LANL), Sean M. Drewry (LANL), Darrin D. Byler (LANL), Joshua T. White (LANL)
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Examinations of Xenon Bubbles in High-Burnup UO2 Fuel Before and After LOCA Testing
8:20–8:40AM CST
L.K. Reyes (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), C.M. Parish (ORNL), C.S. McKinney (ORNL), J.M. Harp (ORNL), N.A. Capps (ORNL), B.D. Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Phase-Field Modeling of Fission Gases in Polycrystalline UO2 with Realistic Microstructures
8:40–9:00AM CST
L. Messina (CEA), C. Introini (CEA), E. Delobre (CEA), M. Josien (CEA), L.K. Aagesen (INL)
Uranium Enrichment Homogeneity Study on HALEU/LEU UO2 Fuel Pellets
9:00–9:20AM CST
Jennifer K. Watkins (INL), Adrian R. Wagner (INL), Daniel J. Murray (INL)
Modeling Fuel Fragmentation Probability and Fragment Size in the BISON Fuel Performance Code
9:20–9:40AM CST
O. Baldwin (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), N. Capps (ORNL), B.D. Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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