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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|Fuel Cycles, Waste Management, and Decommissioning
Saturday, April 15, 2023|1:35–2:55PM EDT|Student Union 362B
Session Chair:
Evan Williams (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Sean Kosslow (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
This session is sponsored by the ANS Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences and Fuel Cycle & Waste Management Divisions.
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Fuel Management and Reload Cycle Length Optimization for a Westinghouse 2-Loop PWR
1:35–1:55PM EDT
Zachary D. Bevans (NCSU), Jesse M. Hines (NCSU), Ethan Newhouse (NCSU), Ashanti Meyers (South Carolina State)
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Nuclear Fuel Remediation: A Computational Study
1:55–2:15PM EDT
Keanu J. Ammons (Western Carolina University), Nicholas Eckert (Western Carolina University), Joaquin G. Layno (Western Carolina University), Channa D. Silva (Western Carolina University)
Intentional Nuclear Forensics Study on Beta-UO3 for Early Fuel Cycle Technology Using Computational Methods
2:15–2:35PM EDT
Eduardo Montoya (University of Nevada Las Vegas), Eunja Kim (University of Texas at El Paso), Ken R. Czerwinski (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Evaluating High-Level Waste Disposal
2:35–2:55PM EDT
Brooklyn P. Wise (Idaho State)
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