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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
Technical Session|Lightning Talks
Thursday, October 10, 2024|8:00–9:45AM MDT|Room 5
Session Chair:
Abdul Dulloo (INL)
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Extreme Values of Reactivity Worth Additions in the Advanced Test Reactor
8:00–8:07AM MDT
Nathan Manwaring (INL), Andrew Maile (INL)
Paper
Temperature Heat Sink Overpower Response (THOR) Assembly and Instrumentation Discussion
8:07–8:14AM MDT
Todd Birch (INL)
The Role of Nuclear Science User Facilities in Nuclear Energy Materials Research and Development for Sustainable Nuclear Future
8:14–8:21AM MDT
Brenden J. Heidrich (INL), Rongjie Song (INL)
Using X-ray Computed Tomography for a Clean Energy Future
8:21–8:28AM MDT
William Chuirazzi (INL), Swapnil Morankar (INL), Rahul Reddy Kancharla (INL)
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees)
X-ray Diffraction at Idaho National Laboratory's Irradiated Materials Characterization Laboratory
8:28–8:35AM MDT
Brian S. Newell (INL), William Chuirazzi (INL)
Advanced Instrumentation Available for Efficient Operations of Advanced Reactors
8:35–8:42AM MDT
Troy Unruh (INL)
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — Lightening talk presentation on instrumentation.
Post-Irradiation Examination of Tristructural Isotropic (TRISO) Fuel from the AGR-5/6/7 Campaign Using X-ray Computed Tomography
8:42–8:49AM MDT
Swapnil Morankar (INL), William C. Chuirazzi (INL), Rahul R. Kancharla (INL), Brian J. Gross (INL), John D. Stempien (INL)
Constrained Tomographic Reconstructions of Gamma Scans in AGR 5/6/7 Capsules
8:49–8:56AM MDT
Adriaan A. Riet (INL)
Mesoscale Thermophysical Property Characterization of Neutron Irradiated Tri-Structural Isotropic (TRISO) Fuel Particles
8:56–9:03AM MDT
E.J. Hisle (INL), A. Khanolkar (INL), T. Pavlov (INL), Z. Hua (INL), R. Moeykens (MIT), S. Meher (PNNL), J.D. Stempien (INL)
Multiscale Thermal Simulation of Particle Fuel Compact Manufacturing Processes and Effects of Parameters
9:03–9:10AM MDT
William Hoffman (INL), Lynn Munday (INL), Benjamin Spencer (INL), Alexandra Raichart (INL), Benjamin Stoyer (INL)
Flow Accelerated Corrosion Tests Under Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow in Horizontal Pipe and Comparison with Prediction Models
9:10–9:17AM MDT
Masaaki Satake (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)
Experimental Testing of Cantilever Precast Shear Walls made of Modular Structural Concrete Insulated Panels with Socket Connection
9:17–9:24AM MDT
Manish Acharya (Idaho State), Tadesse G. Wakjira (Idaho State), Mustafa Mashal (Idaho State)
Influence of Joule Heating on the Stability of High Temperature Irradiation Resistant Thermocouples
9:24–9:31AM MDT
Richard Skifton (INL), Scott Riley (Boise State), Brandon King (Boise State), Allyssa Bateman (Boise State), Brian Jaques (Boise State)
Nuclear Sensors and Instrumentation Development at Boise State University
9:31–9:38AM MDT
Brian J. Jaques (Boise State), Zhangxian Deng (Boise State), Dave Estrada (Boise State), Josh Eixenberger (Boise State), Richard Skifton (INL), Joshua Daw (INL), Michael McMurtrey (INL), Kort Bowman (INL), Pattrick Calderoni (INL)
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