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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Westinghouse signs $80B contract to meet AI demand
The U.S. government has signed an $80 billion deal with Westinghouse Electric Company to build large-scale nuclear reactors to support growing electricity demand from artificial intelligence.
Technical Session
Tuesday, May 17, 2022|1:30–3:15PM EDT|Brighton I/II
Session Chair:
William P. Gassmann
Alternate Chair:
Fausto Franceschini
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Westinghouse Advanced Fuel Management Strategies Leveraging High Enrichment and High Burnup Fuel to Optimize PWR Economics
Ho Lam (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Arielle Konig (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Chris Wagener (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Electric Co. )
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Transition Core Modeling for Extended Enriched, Accident Tolerant Fuel Using PARCS/Polaris
Muhammad Rizki Oktavian (Purdue), Ugur Mertyurek (ORNL), Yunlin Xu (Purdue)
Reactor Physics Benchmark of Westinghouse PWR Core Design Suite for High Burnup/High Enrichment Fuel -- Part I: Pin and Lattice
Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Electric Co. ), Gary Mangham (Westinghouse Electric Co.), David Salazar (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Mykola Boychenko (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Reactor Physics Benchmark of Westinghouse PWR Core Design Suite for High Burnup/High Enrichment Fuel -- Part II: 2D and 3D Core Simulations
Gary Mangham (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Electric Co. ), David A. Salazar (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Mykola Boychenko (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
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