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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Innovation for advanced fuels at SRNL
As the only Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management–sponsored national lab, Savannah River National Laboratory has a history deeply rooted in environmental stewardship efforts such as nuclear material processing and disposition technologies. SRNL’s demonstrated expertise is now being leveraged to solve nuclear fuel supply -chain obstacles by providing a source of high-assay low-enriched uranium fuel for advanced reactors.
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 9, 2021|2:50–4:50PM EST
Session Chair:
Robert Budnitz (Lawrence Berkeley Lab (ret0)
Alternate Chair:
Sai Zhang (INL)
Session Producer:
Sam Brewer
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Development of Plant-Specific Offsite Power Non-Recovery Factors for High Winds Probabilistic Risk Assessment
2:50–3:20PM EST
Kyle Hope (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jenifer Avellaneda Diaz (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Daniel Tirsun (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
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Challenges and Lessons Learned With Using FRANX for Development of High Winds Probabilistic Risk Assessment Fault Trees
3:20–3:50PM EST
Insights From Straight Winds Validation of the Tornado Missile Strike Calculator
3:50–4:20PM EST
Kyle Hope (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Nicole Gaussa (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Chris Rochon (EPRI)
Evaluation of Combined External Hazards Research Needs
4:20–4:50PM EST
Stephen M. Hess (Jensen Hughes), Leo B. Shanley (Jensen Hughes), Nicholas Lovelace (Jensen Hughes), Ashley Lindeman (EPRI)
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