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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|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods
Tuesday, October 11, 2022|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Branle
Session Chair:
Ian Porter (GE)
Alternate Chair:
Emmanuel Rouge (IRSN)
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P2M Simulation Exercise on Past Fuel Melting Irradiation Experiments: Main Outcomes on Fuel Melting Assessment in PWR Fuel
1:30–1:55PM EDT
V. D'Ambrosi (CEA), J. Sercombe (CEA), S. Bejaoui (CEA), A. Chaieb (EDF), B. Baurens (EDF), R. Largenton (EDF), A. Ambard (EDF), B. Boer (SCK CEN), G. Bonny (SCK CEN), D. Rozzia (SCK CEN), M. Sevecek (ALVEL), L.E. Herranz (CIEMAT), F. Feria Marquez (CIEMAT), K. Inagaki (CRIEPI), H. Ohta (CRIEPI), F. Boldt (GRS), J. Sappl (GRS), R. Armstrong (INL), A. Mohamad (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Y. Udagawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), C. Cozzo (Paul Scherrer Institute), J. Klouzal (UJV), M. Vitezslav (UJV), J. Corson (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), J. Peltonen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
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Hydrogen-Based Transient Cladding Strain Limit
1:55–2:20PM EDT
Timothy M. Crede Jr. (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Julianna L. Schoenwald (Univ. Michigan), Brian L. Mount (Dominion Energy)
Development of PEGASUS™ for Advanced Reactor Applications
2:20–2:45PM EDT
W. Lyon (Structural Integrity Assoc.), W. Liu (Structural Integrity Assoc.), M. Kennard (Structural Integrity Assoc.), D. Nightingale (Structural Integrity Assoc.), D. Jaber (Structural Integrity Assoc.), Y.R. Rashid (Structural Integrity Assoc.)
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