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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Nominations open for CNTA awards
Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness is accepting nominations for its Fred C. Davison Distinguished Scientist Award and its Nuclear Service Award. Nominations for both awards must be submitted by August 1.
The awards will be presented this fall as part of the CNTA’s annual Edward Teller Lecture event.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fuels and Actinide Materials
Wednesday, December 13, 2023|8:00–9:40AM CST|Galerie 3
Session Chair:
Scarlett Widgeon Paisner (LANL)
Alternate Chair:
Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
Track Organizers:
Jian Gan (INL)
Michael Tonks (Univ. Florida)
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Operational Limitations of Uranium Mononitride
8:00–8:20AM CST
Z.A. Miller (LANL), M. Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley), V.K. Mehta (LANL)
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Comparing and Contrasting Properties, Defects and Fission Products in UN and PuN
8:20–8:40AM CST
R.W. Grimes (Imperial College London), C.O.T. Galvin (LANL), N. Kuganathan (Imperial College London)
Assessment of Uranium Nitride Fuel Safety Limits Using Existing Experimental Data
8:40–9:00AM CST
A. Levinsky (LANL), Z. Miller (LANL), V.K. Mehta (LANL), M. Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Exploring the Compatibility of UN in Combination with Zr-4 and SiC as Advanced Fuel-Clad Systems
9:00–9:20AM CST
M. Salata-Barnett (Univ. Manchester), J. Buckley (Univ. Manchester), J. Paul (National Nuclear Laboratory), D. Goddard (National Nuclear Laboratory), T. Abram (Univ. Manchester)
Advancements in Uranium Nitride Fuel Performance Modeling in BISON
9:20–9:40AM CST
Christopher Matthews (LANL), Pierre-Clement Simon (INL), Jason Rizk (LANL), Michael W.D. Cooper (LANL), David Andersson (LANL)
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