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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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The busyness of the nuclear fuel supply chain
Ken Petersenpresident@ans.org
With all that is happening in the industry these days, the nuclear fuel supply chain is still a hot topic. The Russian assault in Ukraine continues to upend the “where” and “how” of attaining nuclear fuel—and it has also motivated U.S. legislators to act.
Two years into the Russian war with Ukraine, things are different. The Inflation Reduction Act was passed in 2022, authorizing $700 million in funding to support production of high-assay low-enriched uranium in the United States. Meanwhile, the Department of Energy this January issued a $500 million request for proposals to stimulate new HALEU production. The Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2024 includes $2.7 billion in funding for new uranium enrichment production. This funding was diverted from the Civil Nuclear Credits program and will only be released if there is a ban on importing Russian uranium into the United States—which could happen by the time this column is published, as legislation that bans Russian uranium has passed the House as of this writing and is headed for the Senate. Also being considered is legislation that would sanction Russian uranium. Alternatively, the Biden-Harris administration may choose to ban Russian uranium without legislation in order to obtain access to the $2.7 billion in funding.
Plenary Session
Monday, August 21, 2023|10:30AM–12:00PM EDT|Columbia 5-8
Session Chair:
Bao-Wen Yang (Delta Energy Group, DEQD/DEGNY)
NURETH-20 marks a key milestone of over 40 years of reactor thermal-hydraulics. As the flagship conference of ANS THD, NURETH has grown and expanded in the last 40 years and continues to impact the global thermal-hydraulic community. In this short panel, we celebrate the pioneers of NURETH (Todreas, Lahey and Podowski).
As a part of the 40th year anniversary celebration, this special panel is dedicated to recognizing and celebrating 40 years of success throughout the series of 20 NURETH conferences together with the founders, co-founders, and long term contributors of NURETH. As the invited panelists, the founders and co-founders of NURETH, Prof. Richard Lahey, Prof. Neil Todreas, and Prof. Michael Podowski will recollect and share their thoughts and experience in creating ANS THD and the NURETH series through their most enlightening speeches.
The trend of technical evolution in reactor thermal-hydraulics will be reviewed and summarized hand-in-hand with the history of the NURETH series (to be further explored).
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Attachment — Thermal-Hydraulics RTL's NURETH Talk
Attachment — Richard Lahey NURETH20
Attachment — Michael Podowski NURETH20.
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — Bao-Wen Yang slides
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