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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NRC news roundup
Here’s a look at some recent announcements from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Summer SLR: The NRC this month published its final environmental impact statement for Summer Unit 1’s subsequent license renewal application. Dubbed a supplemental EIS, the report is an important step in determining if Dominion Energy can continue operating its 966-MWe Westinghouse pressurized water reactor unit for an additional 20 years beyond August 6, 2042, the current end of its license.
Technical Session|Reactor Design and Analysis
Wednesday, April 24, 2024|3:30–5:15PM PDT|Franciscan A
Session Chair:
Abdalla Abou-Jaoude
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Stefani Terlizzi (INL)
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Mobile Small Reactor Minor-Actinide Proliferation Resistant Fuel in LEU+ Once-Through Operation Cycle Performance Verification
3:30–3:50PM PDT
Gray S. Chang (JFoster & Assoc.), John D. Bess (JFoster & Assoc.), Patrick Moo (JFoster & Assoc.), Julie Foster (JFoster & Assoc.)
Paper
Progress Toward the Development of a High-Fidelity Neutronic Model of MARVEL Using Griffin
3:50–4:10PM PDT
S. Terlizzi (INL), I. Trivedi (INL)
Steady-State and Transient Analysis of a Heat-Pipe Cooled Micro-Reactor Using the DireWolf Code Suite
4:10–4:30PM PDT
Tatiana Siaraferas (Univ. California, Berkeley), Vefa Kucukboyaci (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Mykola Boychenko (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Modeling of a Representative MHTGR 350MWth Supercell with RAPTOR
4:30–4:50PM PDT
Luke Wells (Georgia Tech), Andrew Johnson (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)
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