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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Researchers use one-of-a-kind expertise and capabilities to test fuels of tomorrow
At the Idaho National Laboratory Hot Fuel Examination Facility, containment box operator Jake Maupin moves a manipulator arm into position around a pencil-thin nuclear fuel rod. He is preparing for a procedure that he and his colleagues have practiced repeatedly in anticipation of this moment in the hot cell.
Technical Session
Thursday, May 19, 2022|1:30–3:15PM EDT|Brighton III/IV
Session Chair:
John C. Hannah (GNF)
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A Comparison of Random Sampling and Genetic Optimization in a Multi-Reactor Shared Fuel Pool Power Plant
Ben Lilley (Oregon State), Todd S. Palmer (Oregon State)
Paper
Fuel Loading Pattern Optimization of Allegro Fast Reactor Using Genetic Algorithms
Yrobel Lima-Reinaldo (Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México), Juan-Luis François (Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México)
Evaluation of Fuel Assemblies for Plutonium Multi-Recycling in Pressurised Water Reactors with MOX Enriched Uranium Support Fuel
P. Servell (EDF), E. Girardi (EDF), G. Martin (CEA)
Intra-Optimisation Objective Expansion Applied to Nuclear Fuel Design and Investigation of its Effects on Search Space Coverage
D.J. Brennan (Univ. Cambridge), G.T. Parks (Univ. Cambridge)
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