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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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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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