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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Russia withdraws from 25-year-old weapons-grade plutonium agreement
Russia’s lower house of Parliament, the State Duma, approved a measure to withdraw from a 25-year-old agreement with the United States to cut back on the leftover plutonium from Cold War–era nuclear weapons.
Technical Session
Wednesday, September 17, 2025|10:00–11:40AM CDT|Grand Salon AB
Session Chair:
Charlotte Davis
Alternate Chair:
Luiz C. Leal
Session Organizer:
Kim Coggins
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Bias and Uncertainties on Calculated keff due to Nuclear Data, of a French Industrial Configuration: the Dissolver Wheel at La Hague Plant
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Barthélémi Petillon (ASNR), Aurélie Bardelay (ASNR), Arthur Peron (ASNR)
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Updated Guidance on Sensitivity/Uncertainty Methods Use for Nuclear Criticality Safety Validation
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Mathieu Dupont (ORNL), William J. Marshall (ORNL), Travis M. Greene (ORNL), Alex Shaw (ORNL), Cihangir Celik (ORNL)
75 Years of Used Nuclear Fuel Operations at the INL - Lessons Learned
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Benjamin T. Baranko (Idaho Environmental Coalition)
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Criticality Safety Assessment for a New Design High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium Transport Package (Pegasus)
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Michelle M. Nuttall (Nuclear Transport Solutions), Emma Sayce (Nuclear Transport Solutions), Charlotte Davis (Nuclear Transport Solutions)
Comparison of USL using ENDF/B-VII.1 and ENDF/B-VIII.0 in the SKB Final Repository for BWR Fuel
11:20–11:30AM CDT
Rasmus Renberg (VNF), Erik Dalborg (VNF)
Legacy Container NCS Issues in Modernization of Long Term Storage Facilities
11:30–11:40AM CDT
Susan Nelson (Y-12 Nat'l Security Complex), Tyler Locher (Y-12 Nat'l Security Complex)
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