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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
Monday, October 6, 2025|1:00–2:40PM CDT|Cumberland South
Session Chair:
Nadine Hollasky
Co-Chair:
Brenden Mervin
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Practical Uses of Multi-objective Optimization in the NuScale Equilibrium Core Design
1:00–1:25PM CDT
Benjamin C. Lilley (NuScale Power)
Paper
Optimization and Licensing of In Core Fuel Management to Support Continued Operation of Doel 4 and Tihange 3
1:25–1:50PM CDT
Maxime Haedens (Tractebel), Antony Martini (Tractebel), Jinzhao Zhang (Tractebel), Arnaud Meert (ENGIE-Electrabel), Nadine Hollasky (Bel V), Olivier Smidts (Bel V)
ARGOS Real Time Predictions
1:50–2:15PM CDT
L. Ackermann (Framatome), T. Bajat (Framatome SAS), E. Corrieri (Framatome SAS), A. Grossetete (Framatome SAS), S. Merk (Framatome)
B-10 Depletion Tracking for BWR CRBs: How Hard Can it Be?
2:15–2:40PM CDT
John Loberg (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Rickard Land (Forsmarks Kraftgrupp), Kenneth Göransson (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Christer Netterbrant (OKG)
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