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November 15–18, 2026
Phoenix, AZ|Arizona Grand Resort & Spa
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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
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)
