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Materials Science & Technology
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NRC discontinues spent fuel pool rulemaking
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is discontinuing its rulemaking activity, “Long-Term and Unattended Water Makeup of Spent Fuel Pools,” and denying a petition for rulemaking. The new rule, as requested by the petitioner, would have required nuclear power plant licensees to ensure that their spent nuclear fuel pools are capable of cooling and maintaining water levels during extended power outages.
Panel and Technical Session|Nuclear Fuels and Materials
Friday, April 14, 2023|3:10–4:30PM EDT|Student Union 262B
Session Chair:
Katie Karl (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Jonathan Norman (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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Advanced Manufacturing to Investigate SiC Matrix TRISO Crack Propagation in Future Reactors
3:10–3:30PM EDT
Spencer T. Doran (Oregon State), Tianyi Chen (Oregon State)
Paper
Effects of High-Temperature Excursions and Water Quenching on Zr-702
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Victoria Davis (ANL), Caleb T. King (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Christian England (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Carlos E. Castano (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Reza Mohammadi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Gamma Irradiation of Injection Molded Polymers
3:50–4:10PM EDT
Sidney A. Hall-Smith (US Naval Academy), Elizabeth Getto (US Naval Academy), Peter Joyce (US Naval Academy)
High-Throughput Study for Examining Void Swelling Behavior in Ion Irradiated SS304
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Bao-Phong H. Nguyen (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Adrien Couet (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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