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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
Technical Session|Advances in Designs, Materials, and Manufacturing
Tuesday, October 11, 2022|10:15–11:55AM EDT|Adagio/Allegro
Session Chair:
Joshua T. White (LANL)
Alternate Chair:
Paul E. Cantonwine (ORNL)
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Steam Oxidation Behavior of Sintered High-Density Uranium Nitride Pellets via Thermogravimetric Analysis
10:15–10:40AM EDT
Danielle Gagen (Westinghouse Electric Co.), John Lyons (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Brian Ricketts (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Michael Sivack (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Ed Lahoda (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Kathryn Metzger (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Denise Adorno Lopes (Westinghouse Electric Sweden), Antoine Claisse (Westinghouse Electric Sweden), Joshua White (LANL), Kenneth McClellan (LANL), Jamie Stull (LANL), Scarlett Widgeon Paisner (LANL)
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Adaptation of Standard 17x17 PWR Fuel Assembly Design to Small Modular Reactors
10:40–11:05AM EDT
Pierre-Henri Louf (Framatome), Glen Thomas (Framatome), Rick Trotta (Holtec Int'l)
Thermal Optimization of UO2-Mo Fuel Using Sensitivity Analysis and Genetic Algorithms
11:05–11:30AM EDT
Jacob P. Gorton (ORNL), Daniel Schappel (ORNL), Joel L. McDuffee (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL), Andrew T. Nelson (ORNL)
Preliminary Evaluation of UO2/SiGA Fuel Performance of the Fast Modular Reactor
11:30–11:55AM EDT
Hangbok Choi (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), Oscar Gutierrez (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), Darrin Leer (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems)
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