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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|Nuclear Fuels and Materials
Friday, April 5, 2024|3:15–4:35PM EDT|Hammond Room 220
Session Chair:
Caroline E. Ishak
Alternate Chair:
Katheren R. Bosson Nantes (Penn State)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog (Penn State)
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Enhancing Performance of Corrosion Resistant Alloys in Molten FLiNaK Salts
3:15–3:35PM EDT
Gabriel Lewis (Univ. Idaho)
Paper
X-ray Fluorescent Assessment of Surface Defects on Chromium-Coated Zircaloy-4 Cladding
3:35–3:55PM EDT
James T. Cahill (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Carlos Castano (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Reza Mohammadi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Radioisotope Retention in Molten Lead for LFR Source Term
3:55–4:15PM EDT
Michael A. Trombetta (Univ. New Mexico), Shuprio Ghosh (Univ. New Mexico), Malak Bani-Melhem (Univ. New Mexico)
Cladding Sputter Coating Diagnostics
4:15–4:35PM EDT
Krishna Nimmalagadda (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Aryan Panigrahi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Brady T. Moore (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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