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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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South Korea looks to Southern and NuScale
This week, the United States and South Korea have taken two steps toward deepening their nuclear partnership through two notable announcements. First, the majority-state owned Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power signed a memorandum of understanding with Birmingham, Ala.–based Southern Nuclear.
Technical Session
Thursday, September 18, 2025|8:00–9:40AM CDT|Grand Salon AB
Session Chair:
Peter Brain
Alternate Chair:
Rowdy Davis
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Status of the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project
8:00–8:20AM CDT
Catherine M. Percher (LLNL), John D. Bess (JFoster & Assoc.), William J. Marshall (ORNL), Julie-Fiona Martin (OECD NEA), Ian P. Hill (OECD NEA), Tatiana Ivanova (OECD NEA)
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Reactor Critical Experiments of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility with Noteworthy Non-fissile Stainless Steel Elements Sensitivity
8:20–8:40AM CDT
Mathieu Dupont (ORNL), Matthew D. Eklund (INL), Wei Ji (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Presented by Andrew Holcomb (ORNL)
Computational Investigation of 2D Nuclide Concentrations at Burnups close to Peak Reactivity in the Context of the LAGER Project
8:40–9:00AM CDT
Volker Hannstein (BGZ Gesellschaft für Zwischenlagerung mbH), Maik Stuke (BGZ Gesellschaft für Zwischenlagerung mbH)
The Need to Revise the Flattop-Plutonium Benchmark
9:00–9:10AM CDT
Kristin N. Stolte (LANL), Theresa E. Cutler (LANL)
TRISO-form HALEU-fueled Experiment for Transport Applications (THETA) Serpent 2 Benchmarking
9:10–9:30AM CDT
Alex Levinsky (LANL), Kristin N. Stolte (LANL), Russell Johns (LANL), Michael E. Rising (LANL), Christopher B. Campbell (Kairos Power), Nader Satvat (Kairos Power), Theresa E. Cutler (LANL)
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