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Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
Meeting Spotlight
ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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How can we shape the global nuclear future?
Fiona Rayment
Shaping the global nuclear future requires an understanding of nuclear’s role in addressing national and energy security endeavors together with foresight into the energy sector’s future needs. Nuclear typically produces reliable baseload electricity, but it could also play an important role in economically viable cogeneration. In addition, future electricity demand will require significant enhancements to baseload generation. Addressing these challenges requires a combination of innovation, collaboration, capacity enhancements, and focused strategic investments.
Nuclear is increasingly recognized as essential to enabling energy security and achieving net-zero emissions. The United Kingdom has demonstrated leadership in this area, with initiatives such as the Young Generation Network’s global #NetZeroNeedsNuclear campaign at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland. Efforts like these are impossible without international collaboration.
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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