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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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A year in orbit: ISS deployment tests radiation detectors for future space missions
The predawn darkness on a cool Florida night was shattered by the ignition of nine Merlin engines on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The thrust of the engines shook the ground miles away. From a distance, the rocket appeared to slowly rise above the horizon. For the cargo onboard, the launch was anything but gentle, as the ignition of liquid oxygen generated more than 1.5 million pounds of force. After the rocket had been out of sight for several minutes, the booster dramatically returned to Earth with several sonic booms in a captivating show of engineering designed to make space travel less expensive and more sustainable.
Technical Session|Advances in Designs, Materials, and Manufacturing
Monday, October 10, 2022|10:15–11:55AM EDT|Salon A/B
Session Chair:
Paul E. Cantonwine (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Joshua T. White (LANL)
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ULTRAFLOW Shield: A New Spacer Grid Coating for BWR Fuel
10:15–10:40AM EDT
Karsten Nowotka (Framatome ), Petra-Britt Hoffmann (Framatome ), Artur Hasselbach (Framatome ), Roland Geier (Framatome ), Sean Gray (Framatome ), Peng Wang (Univ. Michigan), Gary S. Was (Univ. Michigan)
Paper
Development of NSF Fuel Channels for Boiling Water Reactor Applications
10:40–11:05AM EDT
D. Lutz (Global Nuclear Fuel), R. Schneider (Global Nuclear Fuel), Y. Lin (Global Nuclear Fuel)
The Development and Use of Additive Manufacturing Processes and Design Freedom to Enable and Enhance Advanced Nuclear Fuel Debris Filters, Nozzles, and Assembly Components
11:05–11:30AM EDT
William Cleary (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Nathan Hansen (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Uffe Bergmann (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Development of Additive Manufacturing Techniques and Processes to Significantly Improve the Economics and Advance the State of the Art for Spacer Grid Fabrication
11:30–11:55AM EDT
William Cleary (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Paul Evans (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jack Beuth (Carnegie Mellon), Syed Zia Uddin (Carnegie Mellon)
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