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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC grants license for TRISO-X fuel manufacturing using HALEU
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted X-energy subsidiary TRISO-X a special nuclear material license for high-assay low-enriched uranium fuel fabrication. The license applies to TRISO-X’s first two planned commercial facilities, known as TX-1 and TX-2, for an initial 40-year period. The facilities are set to be the first new nuclear fuel fabrication plants licensed by the NRC in more than 50 years.
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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