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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
Wednesday, October 12, 2022|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Branle
Session Chair:
Chao Wang (Framatome)
Alternate Chair:
Peter Diller (GE Hitachi)
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Cycle-Specific Fuel Assembly Bow Prediction and Water Gap Analysis for Ringhals 3/4
1:30–1:55PM EDT
Veit Marx (Framatome ), Petter Gabrielsson (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), John Loberg (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel)
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Experimental and Computational Investigation of the Impacts of Loose Protective Grid Debris on RFA-2 Fuel Operation
1:55–2:20PM EDT
Alireza Mofidi (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Michael E. Conner (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Thanh H. Do (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Lisa M. Dudas (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Yiban Xu (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
The SPIZWURZ Project with New Approaches for Experiments and Modelling Related to Long-Term Dry Storage
2:20–2:45PM EDT
Sarah Weick (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Mirco Grosse (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), Martin Steinbrueck (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Juri Stuckert (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Michel Herm (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Hans Jurgen Seifert (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), Felix Boldt (GRS)
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