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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Going Nuclear: Notes from the officially unofficial book tour
I work in the analytical labs at one of Europe’s oldest and largest nuclear sites: Sellafield, in northwestern England. I spend my days at the fume hood front, pipette in one hand and radiation probe in the other (and dosimeter pinned to my chest, of course). Outside the lab, I have a second job: I moonlight as a writer and public speaker. My new popular science book—Going Nuclear: How the Atom Will Save the World—came out last summer, and it feels like my life has been running at full power ever since.
Technical Session|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods
Tuesday, October 11, 2022|8:20–10:00AM EDT|Branle
Session Chair:
Chao Wang (Framatome)
Alternate Chair:
Ian Porter (GE)
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Atomic-Scale Insights into Structural Distortions in Irradiated UO2 at an Intermediate Burnup Around 50 MWd/kgU
8:20–8:45AM EDT
Shaileyee Bhattacharya (Paul Scherrer Institut), Goutam Kuri (Paul Scherrer Institut), Matthias Martin (Paul Scherrer Institut), Johannes Bertsch (Paul Scherrer Institut), Manuel A. Pouchon (Paul Scherrer Institute)
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Interaction Between Hydrogen, Hydrides, and Defects in Zirconium: Insight from Atomistic Simulations
8:45–9:10AM EDT
M. Christensen (Materials Design), M. Yiannourakou (Materials Design), C.B. Geller (Materials Design), E. Wimmer (Materials Design), R.W. Smith (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), W.H. Howland (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), B.F. Kammenzind (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), J.L. Wormald (Naval Nuclear Laboratory - Bettis), E.V. Mader (EPRI)
Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis of Fission Product Release from TRISO Experiments Modeled Using BISON
9:10–9:35AM EDT
Miles O'Neal (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Brian D. Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Westinghouse Use of Advanced Material Modeling to Accelerate Fuel Development and Qualification
9:35–10:00AM EDT
Antoine Claisse (Westinghouse Electric Sweden), Denise Adorno Lopes (Westinghouse Electric Sweden), Ed Lahoda (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Kathryn Metzger (Westinghouse Electric)
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