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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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3D Printing Possibilities: Additive Manufacturing Impact Limiters for Transportation Casks
With the significant advances in additive manufacturing (AM), otherwise known as 3D printing, Orano Federal Services and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte recently re-examined the capabilities to print impact limiters for transportation casks used to ship spent nuclear fuel. Impact limiters protect transportation casks (sometimes also referred to as transportation overpacks) and their contents during an accident. Impact limiter designs must withstand testing based on a certain significance level of hypothetical accidents, including drops, crushing, fires, and immersion in water.
Technical Session|Evolutionary and Innovative Advanced Technology Fuels (ATF)
Monday, October 10, 2022|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Salon A/B
Session Chair:
Luke Olson (Westinghouse)
Alternate Chair:
Kan Sakamoto (Nippon Nuclear Fuel Development Co)
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Framatome's Evolutionary E-ATF Solution: Feedback from the Irradiation Programs on PROtect Cr-Coated M5Framatome Cladding
3:30–3:55PM EDT
K. Nimishakavi (Framatome), E.W. Schweitzer (Framatome), K. Buchanan (Framatome)
Presented by Matthieu Aumand (Framatome)
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Westinghouse High Energy Fuel for the Future
3:55–4:20PM EDT
Michael L. Boone (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Derek S. Wenzel (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Cenk Guler (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Levelized Cost of Electricity Evaluations for Westinghouse Advanced Fuel Management with High Enrichment and High Burnup Fuel to Optimize PWR Economics
4:20–4:45PM EDT
Baxter Durham (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Ho Lam (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Chris Wagener (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Achieving Sizable Power-Uprate for Existing Fleet Through LEU+ and ATF
4:45–5:10PM EDT
Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Al Csontos (Nuclear Energy Institute)
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