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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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This week, the United States and South Korea have taken two steps toward deepening their nuclear partnership through two notable announcements. First, the majority-state owned Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power signed a memorandum of understanding with Birmingham, Ala.–based Southern Nuclear.
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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