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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NRC news roundup
Here’s a look at some recent announcements from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Summer SLR: The NRC this month published its final environmental impact statement for Summer Unit 1’s subsequent license renewal application. Dubbed a supplemental EIS, the report is an important step in determining if Dominion Energy can continue operating its 966-MWe Westinghouse pressurized water reactor unit for an additional 20 years beyond August 6, 2042, the current end of its license.
Technical Session|Evolutionary and Innovative Advanced Technology Fuels (ATF)
Monday, October 10, 2022|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Salon A/B
Session Chair:
Hyun-Gil Kim (KAERI)
Alternate Chair:
Zeses E. Karoutas (Westinghouse)
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The U.S. Accident Tolerant Fuels Program -- Transforming the Future of LWR Fuels
1:30–1:55PM EDT
F. Goldner (U.S. Dept. of Energy), W. McCaughey (U.S. Dept. of Energy), D. Wachs (INL), D. Kamerman (INL), C. Jensen (INL), N. Woolstenhulme (INL), F. Cappia (INL), J. Schulthess (INL), P. Medvedev (INL), A. Nelson (ORNL), N. Capps (ORNL), K. Linton (ORNL), J. Harp (ORNL), C. Massey (ORNL), T. Saleh (LANL), B. Eftink (LANL), J. White (LANL)
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Westinghouse EnCore Accident Tolerant Fuel and High Energy Program
1:55–2:20PM EDT
Zeses Karoutas (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Kathryn Metzger (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Ernesto Pitruzzella (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Chona Vallencour (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Andrew Atwood (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Michael Boone (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Andrew Mueller (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Eileen Gower (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Ed Lahoda (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Allan Jaworski (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Arash Parsi (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Michael Anness (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Carey Haas (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Magnus Limback (Westinghouse Electric Sweden), Jonathan Wright (Westinghouse Electric Sweden)
PROtect: The E-ATF Solution by Framatome -- Overview of Recent Achievements and Next Steps
2:20–2:45PM EDT
N. Vioujard (Framatome), Ch. Lewis (Framatome), W. Maxson (Framatome), J. Reed (Framatome)
Testing of Silicon Carbide as a Nuclear Fuel Cladding
2:45–3:10PM EDT
Luke Czerniak (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Ed Lahoda (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Michael Sivack (Westinghouse Electric Co.), John Lyons (Westinghouse Electric Co.), William Byers (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Gouqiang Wang (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Kallie Metzger (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Luke Olson (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jack Gazza (General Atomics), Sean Gonderman (General Atomics)
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