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2026 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 15–18, 2026
Phoenix, AZ|Arizona Grand Resort & Spa
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Studsvik announces partnership to deploy four BWRX-300s in Sweden
Swedish engineering services firm Studsvik and its partners have teamed up on a four-unit BWRX-300 new build project in southern Sweden. On Thursday, Studsvik entered into a joint development agreement with GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy, GE Vernova Financial Services, DS Investment Partners, and Samsung C&T to advance the 1.2-GW ReFirm program, with the expectation the first unit will commence operations in the mid-2030s.
Technical Session
Thursday, May 19, 2022|3:30–5:15PM EDT|Brighton I/II
Session Chair:
Michael T. Wenner (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Alternate Chair:
William B.J. Marshall (ORNL)
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A Novel Approach Towards Criticality Safety of Assemblies with Missing Fuel Rods
Benjamin Dechenaux (IRSN)
Paper
State of the Art on Doppler Broadening: Modern Developments on the Fuel-Temperature Coefficient
David Friant (CEA), David Bernard (CEA), Patrick Blaise (CEA)
Importance of the Axial Burn-Up Modelling for Fuel Assembly Nozzles Activation Calculation
Mariya Brovchenko (IRSN), Nadege Kodratoff (IRSN)
APOLLO3(R) Calculation of BWR Fuel Assembly of a Burn-Up Credit Criticality Benchmark
Arthur Le Bars (CEA), Daniele Tomatis (CEA), Igor Zmijarevic (CEA)