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Nuclear Installations Safety
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
Technical Session|Reactor Design and Analysis
Wednesday, April 24, 2024|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Franciscan B
Session Chair:
Alain Hébert (UP Montreal)
Alternate Chair:
Brendan M. Kochunas
Session Organizer:
Mathieu Hursin (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
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The LVR-15 Reactor Full Core Analysis in Serpent 2/RINNOVO
10:15–10:35AM PDT
Jan Pinta (Research Centre Rez)
Paper
On Reactor Neutron Noise Induced by Fuel Assembly Vibrations in Large and Small Heterogeneous Water-Cooled Cores
10:35–10:55AM PDT
Salma Magdi Hussein (Chalmers Univ. Technology), Paolo Vinai (Chalmers Univ. Technology), Christophe Demaziere (Chalmers Univ. Technology)
Neutronic Design of a PWR-Based SMR (Small Modular Reactor) Core Using GdN Coating Burnable Absorber for Soluble Boron-Free Operation
10:55–11:15AM PDT
Sung Hyun Cho (Hanyang Univ.), Woojin Lee (Hanyang Univ.), Ser Gi Hong (Hanyang Univ.)
ANCKVIPRE Coupled Code Application to PWR Rod Withdrawal from Subcritical Event Analysis
11:15–11:35AM PDT
Peter A. Hilton (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Yixing Sung (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Michael Gavalek (Westinghouse Electric Co.), John McMonigal (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Daniel Torres (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Gregory Stehle (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
LDR Lite Benchmark: Coupled 3D Neutronics and Thermal-Hydraulics Analysis of a Control Rod Drop Transient
11:35–11:55AM PDT
Rebekka Komu (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Ville Valtavirta (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Riku Tuominen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Seppo Hillberg (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
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