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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Japan’s TEPCO resumes operations; Monday earthquake triggers response
Commercial operations have resumed at Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant in Japan’s Niigata Prefecture, Tokyo Electric Power Company has announced.
Last week’s commercial restart of Unit 6, a 1,315-MWe boiling water reactor, is the first for a TEPCO nuclear facility since the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami triggered an accident at the utility’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Technical Session|Methods
Tuesday, April 23, 2024|3:30–5:15PM PDT|Franciscan C
Session Chair:
Brendan M. Kochunas
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Sooyoung Choi
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Parallel Simulated Annealing, Genetic Algorithms and Hybrid Method Applied to the Multiobjective Optimization of the Nuclear In-Core Fuel Management
3:30–3:50PM PDT
W. Kubinski (Framatome), G. Giorgi (Framatome), M. Segond (Framatome)
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Pressurized-Water Reactor Core Design Using Multiobjective Plant Fuel Reload Optimization Platform
3:50–4:10PM PDT
Junyung Kim (INL), Mohammad G. Abdo (INL), Congjian Wang (INL), Yong-Joon Choi (INL), Juan Cristhian Luque Gutierrez (NCSU), Jason Hou (NCSU)
Pressurized Water Reactor Gadolinia Pin Location Optimization
4:10–4:30PM PDT
Jin Whan Bae (ORNL), Andrew Bielen (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Ugur Mertyurek (ORNL), Mehdi Asgari (ORNL)
Optimizerr: A BWR Nuclear Bundle Design Optimizing Tool
4:30–4:50PM PDT
Rasmus Renberg (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel)
Extending MOOSE Capabilities with Discrete and Combinatorial Shape and Topology Optimization for Nuclear Engineering Applications
4:50–5:10PM PDT
Muhammad Ramzy Altahhan (NCSU), Sebastian Schunert (INL), Yousry Azmy (NCSU)
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