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TopFuel 2022
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Schedule Timeline

Schedule is subject to change

Sunday — October 9, 2022
4:00PM EDT
    Events
  • Registration Desk open 4:00-7:00 pm (Renaissance Foyer) — Events
6:00PM EDT
    Events
  • Exhibit Open 6:00-8:00 pm (Renaissance Foyer) — Events
  • Opening Reception (Renaissance Foyer) — Events
Monday — October 10, 2022
7:30AM EDT
    Events
  • Continental Breakfast (Renaissance Foyer) — Events
  • Exhibit Open 7:30 am-3:30 pm (Renaissance Foyer) — Events
  • Registration Desk open 7:30 am-4:00 pm (Renaissance Foyer) — Events
8:30AM EDT
    Sessions
  • Opening Plenary (Salon A/B)
10:00AM EDT
    Events
  • Coffee Break — Events
10:15AM EDT
    Sessions
  • Cladding and Structural Alloys Development (Salon A/B)
  • Fuel Operating Experience and Performance: I (Branle)
  • Loss-of-Coolant Accident, Fuel Fragmentation, Relocation and Dispersal: I (Adagio/Allegro)
11:55AM EDT
    Events
  • Lunch on Own — Events
1:30PM EDT
    Sessions
  • Accident Tolerant Fuels: I (Salon A/B)
  • Fuel Operating Experience and Performance: II (Branle)
  • Loss-of-Coolant Accident, Fuel Fragmentation, Relocation and Dispersal: II (Adagio/Allegro)
3:10PM EDT
    Events
  • Coffee Break (Renaissance Foyer) — Events
3:30PM EDT
    Sessions
  • Accident Tolerant Fuels: II (Salon A/B)
  • Reactivity Initiated Accident (Adagio/Allegro)
  • Testing of Used Fuel (Branle)
Tuesday — October 11, 2022
7:30AM EDT
    Events
  • Continental Breakfast (Renaissance Foyer) — Events
  • Exhibit Open 7:30 am-3:30 pm (Renaissance Foyer) — Events
  • Registration Desk open 7:30 am-4:00 pm (Renaissance Foyer) — Events
8:20AM EDT
    Sessions
  • Advanced Fuel Design: I (Adagio/Allegro)
  • Lower Length Scale Models (Branle)
10:00AM EDT
    Events
  • Coffee Break (Renaissance Foyer) — Events
10:15AM EDT
    Sessions
  • Advanced Fuel Design: II (Adagio/Allegro)
  • ATF Testing and PIE (Salon A/B)
  • Fuel Rod Modeling: Accident Tolerant Fuels (Branle)
11:55AM EDT
    Events
  • Lunch on Own (Renaissance Foyer) — Events
1:30PM EDT
    Sessions
  • Advanced Fuels (Salon A/B)
  • Fuel Rod Modeling: Damage (Branle)
3:10PM EDT
    Events
  • Coffee Break (Renaissance Foyer) — Events
3:30PM EDT
    Sessions
  • Silicon Carbide (Salon A/B)
  • Spent Fuel Modeling (Adagio/Allegro)
Wednesday — October 12, 2022
7:30AM EDT
    Events
  • Continental Breakfast (Renaissance Foyer) — Events
  • Exhibit Open 7:30 am-3:30 pm (Renaissance Foyer) — Events
  • Registration Desk open 7:30 am-4:00 pm (Renaissance Foyer) — Events
8:20AM EDT
    Sessions
  • Cladding and Structural Material Behavior: I (Salon A/B)
  • Fuel Rod Modeling: Qualification (Branle)
  • Spent Fuel Examination (Adagio/Allegro)
10:00AM EDT
    Events
  • Coffee Break (Renaissance Foyer) — Events
10:15AM EDT
    Sessions
  • Fuel Rod Modeling: Ballooning (Branle)
  • Fuel Operating Analysis (Salon A/B)
11:55AM EDT
    Events
  • Lunch on Own — Events
1:30PM EDT
    Sessions
  • Cladding and Structural Materials Behaviors: II (Salon A/B)
  • Assembly Modeling (Branle)
  • Pellet-Cladding Interaction / Pellet-Cladding Mechanical Interaction (Adagio/Allegro)
3:10PM EDT
    Events
  • Coffee Break (Renaissance Foyer) — Events
3:30PM EDT
    Sessions
  • System/Core Modeling (Branle)
  • Transient Fuel Testing (Adagio/Allegro)
6:30PM EDT
    Events
  • Evening Banquet and Dancing (Renaissance A/B) — Events
Thursday — October 13, 2022
8:00AM EDT
    Sessions
  • BISON workshop (Adagio/Allegro)
9:00AM EDT
    Events
  • NCSU PULSTAR Reactor Tour (Departs from hotel lobby) — Events
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