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Fuel loading process begins at Palisades
The Palisades nuclear power plant has drawn closer to restart, as plant staff began the process of loading fuel into the reactor vessel on Sunday morning.
The commencement of fuel loading places the Covert, Mich., facility in Mode 6—or the refueling stage—under the plant’s technical specifications, plant owner and operator Holtec International said in a news release. The Palisades reactor core consists of 204 fuel assemblies that include new fuel and partially used fuel from the plant’s most recent operating cycles. According to Holtec, the fuel loading is being conducted in accordance with plant procedures and technical specifications.
Technical Session|Reactor Design and Analysis
Tuesday, April 23, 2024|1:30–3:15PM PDT|Franciscan A
Session Chair:
William Wieselquist
Alternate Chair:
David Chandler (ORNL)
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A Preliminary Neutronic Analysis of the ALFRED Reactor Core
1:30–1:50PM PDT
V. Vitali (newcleo), M. Falabino (newcleo), D. Tomatis (newcleo), M. Carta (newcleo)
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Reactor Physics Modelling Challenges of the FLEX Reactor
1:50–2:10PM PDT
Simon Boddington (MoltexFLEX), Tom Taylor (MoltexFLEX), Peter Haigh (MoltexFLEX), Eduardo Cuoc (MoltexFLEX), Chris Hankinson (MoltexFLEX), Luke Godfrey (MoltexFLEX)
Updates on the OECD NEA Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS)
2:10–2:30PM PDT
Oliver Buss (OECD NEA), Hakim Ferroukhi (Paul Scherrer Institute), Kostadin Ivanov (NCSU)
Initial Demonstration of New Griffin Capability for Simulating the Running-In Phase of Pebble-Bed Reactors with Multiphysics
2:30–2:50PM PDT
Joshua Hanophy (INL), Javier Ortensi (INL), Paolo Balestra (INL), Yaqi Wang (INL)
Calculation and Analysis of Physical Characteristics of Gaseous Fuel Reactor
2:50–3:10PM PDT
Dacai Zhang (Tsinghua Univ.), Wenxiang Fang (Tsinghua Univ.), Zhechuan Tan (Tsinghua Univ.), Minzhi Xiong (Tsinghua Univ.), Yu Ganglin (Tsinghua Univ.)
