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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC approves TerraPower construction permit
Today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it has approved TerraPower’s construction permit application for Kemmerer Unit 1, the company’s first deployment of Natrium, its flagship sodium fast reactor.
This approval is a significant milestone on three fronts. For TerraPower, it represents another step forward in demonstrating its technology. For the Department of Energy, it reflects progress (despite delays) for the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). For the NRC, it is the first approval granted to a commercial reactor in nearly a decade—and the first approval of a commercial non–light water reactor in more than 40 years.
Technical Session|New and Advanced Reactors|Special Topics
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Cardozo
Session Chair:
Sunming Qin (INL)
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Investigation of Cladding Thermal Behavior Under Simulated Reflood Conditions
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Cole Dunbar (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), WooHyun Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Thomas Demo (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Kumar Sridharan (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Hwasung Yeom (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Robert Armstrong (INL), David Kamerman (INL), Benjamin Maier (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Andrew Hoffman (General Electric Research), Raul Rebak (General Electric Research)
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Chromium Oxidation Model Implementation in Best-Estimate Thermal-Hydraulic System Code for Accident Tolerant Fuel
3:50–4:10PM EDT
Dong-Young Lee (FNC Technology Co.), Tae-sun Ro (FNC Technology Co.), Bub-Dong Chung (FNC Technology Co.), YoungJae Park (FNC Technology Co.), Soon-Joon Hong (FNC Technology Co.)
Application of Half-Boundary Method in Solving Annular Fuel Temperature Field
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Boxue Wang (North China Electric Power Univ.), Mei Huang (North China Electric Power Univ.), Yaodi Li (North China Electric Power Univ.)
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Study on Performance Evaluation of 2x2 Annular Fuel with Spacer Grid in PWR
4:30–4:50PM EDT
Sipeng Wang (Nanjing Univ. Aeronautics and Astronautics), Zhuoyao Li (Nanjing Univ. Aeronautics and Astronautics), Bao-Wen Yang (DEQD Institute for Advanced Research in Multiphase Flow and Energy Transfer)
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Research and Application of Annular Fuel Performance Analysis Models Applicable to Fast Reactor
4:50–5:10PM EDT
Qihao Tao (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Zhiyuan Xia (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Bo Zhang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.)
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