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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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The current status of heat pipe R&D
Idaho National Laboratory under the Department of Energy–sponsored Microreactor Program recently conducted a comprehensive phenomena identification and ranking table (PIRT) exercise aimed at advancing heat pipe technology for microreactor applications.
Technical Session|Operation and Experience
Monday, October 10, 2022|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Branle
Session Chair:
David Schrire (Vattenfall)
Alternate Chair:
Dan Lutz (GE)
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GNF Fuel Reliability and Experience: 2022 Update
1:30–1:55PM EDT
Robert Schneider (Global Nuclear Fuel)
Paper
Post Irradiation Examinations of HANA-6 Cladding
1:55–2:20PM EDT
Samanta Estevez (Studsvik), Johan Stjärnsäter (Studsvik), Mi Wang (Studsvik), Carolina Losin (Studsvik), Daniel Jädernäs (Studsvik), Hun Jang (KEPCO), Okjoo Kim (KEPCO), Yoonho Kim (KEPCO), Jaeik Kim (KEPCO)
Recent Developments Regarding Fuel Service Technologies
2:20–2:45PM EDT
Th.-H. Wiese (Framatome), J. Michna (Framatome), Y. Lotaut (Framatome), C. Jarousse (Framatome), T. Pugh (Framatome)
The Impact of Nuclear Fuel Filter Design on the Debris Bed and Pressure Loss at a Loss of Coolant Accident
2:45–3:10PM EDT
Kristian Angele (Vattenfall), Pascal Veber (Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant), Anna Helgesson (Vattenfall)
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