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2026 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 15–18, 2026
Phoenix, AZ|Arizona Grand Resort & Spa
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Fuel loading process begins at Palisades
The Palisades nuclear power plant has drawn closer to restart, as plant staff began the process of loading fuel into the reactor vessel on Sunday morning.
The commencement of fuel loading places the Covert, Mich., facility in Mode 6—or the refueling stage—under the plant’s technical specifications, plant owner and operator Holtec International said in a news release. The Palisades reactor core consists of 204 fuel assemblies that include new fuel and partially used fuel from the plant’s most recent operating cycles. According to Holtec, the fuel loading is being conducted in accordance with plant procedures and technical specifications.
Technical Session|Water-Cooled Reactor Operations and Accident Analysis
Monday, August 21, 2023|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Columbia 3/4
Session Chair:
Caleb Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Alternate Chair:
Hyun Sik Park
Session Organizer:
Cesare Frepoli
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BWRX-300 Chimney Evaluations (1): Conceptual Design of the Chimney
1:30–1:50PM EDT
Charles Heck (Global Nuclear Fuel), Scott Bowman (Global Nuclear Fuel), Kazuaki Kito (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy)
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Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — presentation paper #40308
BWRX-300 SMR Chimney Evaluations (2): Strategy for Qualifying TRACG Evaluations of Chimney Void Fractions
1:50–2:10PM EDT
A. Povolny (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), K. Katono (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), C. Heck (Global Nuclear Fuel), Z. Zhang (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
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BWRX-300 SMR Chimney Evaluations (3): HUSTLE Testing in Large Diameter Chimney at Nominal Pressure and Temperature
2:10–2:30PM EDT
Kenichi Katono (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Antonin Povolny (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Hajime Furuichi (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Kiyoshi Fujimoto (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Kenichi Yasuda (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Kazuaki Kito (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy)
BWRX-300 SMR Chimney Evaluations (4): Measurement of Void Fraction and Velocity Distributions in Large Diameter Chimney at Nominal Pressure and Temperature Using Double-Plane Wire-Mesh Sensor
2:30–2:50PM EDT
Hajime Furuichi (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Antonin Povolny (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Kenichi Katono (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Kenichi Yasuda (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Kazuaki Kito (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy)
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Feasibility Analysis of Flooding Safety System of i-SMR with MELCOR Code
2:50–3:10PM EDT
Chang Hyun Song (Hanyang Univ.), Jae Hyung Park (Hanyang Univ.), Sung Joong Kim (Hanyang Univ.)