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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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OECD NEA meeting focuses on irradiation experiments
Members of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency’s Second Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES-II) joint undertaking gathered from September 29 to October 3 in Ketchum, Idaho, for the technical advisory group and governing board meetings hosted by Idaho National Laboratory. The FIDES-II Framework aims to ensure and foster competences in experimental nuclear fuel and structural materials in-reactor experiments through a diverse set of Joint Experimental Programs (JEEPs).
Technical Session|Fuel Cycle
Wednesday, October 9, 2024|3:15–5:00PM MDT|Room 3
Session Chair:
Kenneth C. Marsden (INL)
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Technology Development of a High-Capacity High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium Transportation Concept
3:15–3:35PM MDT
Elmar Eidelpes (INL), Josh Jarrell (INL), Denise Bertsch (INL), Robert Hall (ORNL), William Marshall (ORNL), Brian Hom (PNNL), Harold Adkins (PNNL)
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Upgrades for LEU+ Reload Fuel Supply at Framatome's Richland, Washington Fuel Fabrication Facility: A DOE Cooperative Funding Success Story
3:35–3:55PM MDT
Norman Garner (Framatome)
PWR Minor Actinide Proliferation Resistant Fuel Cycle Performance Minimal Impact Verification
3:55–4:15PM MDT
J.D. Bess (JFoster & Assoc.), G.S. Chang (JFoster & Assoc.), P. Moo (JFoster & Assoc.), J. Foster (JFoster & Assoc.)
Lanthanide Separation from Uranium via Molten Zone Refinement
4:15–4:35PM MDT
D. Zirker (INL), D. Horvath (INL), M. Childs (INL), T.S. Yoo (INL)
Irradiation Plan for a Mixed Thorium-Uranium Oxide Drop-In Experiment in the Advanced Test Reactor
4:35–4:55PM MDT
Michael J. Worrall (INL), Christopher G. Turner (INL), Ian D. Stites (INL), Matthew P. Mihelish (INL), Kyle R. Gagnon (INL), Paul Chan (Clean Core Thorium Energy)
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