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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|New and Advanced Reactors
Monday, August 21, 2023|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Embassy
Session Chair:
Rui Hu
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Emre Tatli (Westinghouse)
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Post-Test Analysis of SIRIO Facility Data by System Thermal-Hydraulic Codes for LFR Application
1:30–1:50PM EDT
T. Del Moro (Sapienza Univ. Rome), F. Giannetti (Sapienza Univ. Rome), G. Khalil Youssef (Sapienza Univ. Rome), P. Lorusso (ENEA), M. Caramello (Ansaldo Nucleare), M. Cauzzi (SIET), M. Tarantino (ENEA)
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Experimental Research of the MYRRHA Primary Pump Hydraulic Characteristics at a Reduced Scale
1:50–2:10PM EDT
Mikhail Iarmonov (SCK CEN), Katrien V. Tichelen (SCK CEN)
Asymmetric Decay Heat Removal in MYRRHA: Experiments in the E-SCAPE Facility
2:10–2:30PM EDT
J. Pacio (SCK CEN), R. Serrano Diogo (SCK CEN), K. Van Tichelen (SCK CEN)
Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of the FFTF LOFWOS Transient with the SPECTRA Code
2:30–2:50PM EDT
F. Alcaro (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), M.M. Stempniewicz (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group)
Presented by Fajar Sri Lestari Pangukir (NRG)
Multiscale Effects in Sodium Fast Reactors: Feedback from the Open Phase of the FFTF LOFWOS-13 Test
2:50–3:10PM EDT
Antoine Gerschenfeld (CEA), Yannick Gorsse (CEA), Simon Li (CEA)