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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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India’s PFBR attains criticality at last
Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed it “a proud moment for India” when on April 6 the 500-MWe, sodium-cooled Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achieved initial criticality. This milestone, which comes some 22 years after the continually delayed PFBR project began, marks India’s entrance into the second stage of its three-stage nuclear program, which has the ultimate goal of supporting the country’s nuclear power program with its significant thorium reserves.
Technical Session|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods
Tuesday, October 11, 2022|10:15–11:55AM EDT|Branle
Session Chair:
Ian Porter (GE)
Alternate Chair:
Chao Wang (Framatome)
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Assessing New Accident Tolerant Fuel and Cladding Models in the Fuel Performance Code Bison
10:15–10:40AM EDT
Gyanender Singh (INL), Yifeng Che (INL), Kyle Gamble (INL), Aysenur Toptan (INL), Jason Hales (INL), Stephen Novascone (INL)
Paper
Fuel Performance Analysis of Cr-Coated Fuel During Startup and Normal Operation of LWRs Using FEMAXI-8
10:40–11:05AM EDT
Soki Dehara (Waseda Univ.), Akifumi Yamaji (Waseda Univ.), Yoshiyuki Nemoto (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Shinichiro Yamashita (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Out-Of-Reactor Creep Analysis of Chromium Surface-Coated Optimized ZIRLO™ Cladding
11:05–11:30AM EDT
J.M. Vidal (ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas), I. del Río (ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas), J. Walters (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Y. Long (Westinghouse Electric Co.), O. Linsuain (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
PCMI Analyses of SiC Cladded Fuel During BWR LOCA with FEMAXI-ATF
11:30–11:55AM EDT
Yutaka Nakao (Waseda Univ.), Akifumi Yamaji (Waseda Univ.), Yoshiyuki Nemoto (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Shinichiro Yamashita (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
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