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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
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NRC grants Clinton and Dresden license renewals
Three commercial power reactors across two Illinois nuclear power plants—Constellation’s Clinton and Dresden—have had their licenses renewed for 20 more years by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Technical Session
Tuesday, October 7, 2025|8:00–9:40AM CDT|Cumberland South
Session Chair:
Nadine Hollasky
Co-Chair:
Randall J. Dunavant
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An IAEA Review of Status and Current Practices on Structural Behaviours of Fuel Assemblies in Light Water Cooled Reactors
8:00–8:25AM CDT
Jinzhao Zhang (Tractebel Engineering), Ki Seob Sim (Consultant), Cristina Muñoz-Reja Ruiz (ENUSA), Guillaume Ricciardi (CEA), Julien Pacull (Framatome), Andrey Alekseyev (Kurchatov Institute), Yeldos Kultayev (IAEA)
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Experience Feedback on Framatome's PWR Structural Material Q12 at Increased Burnups
8:25–8:50AM CDT
E. W. Schweitzer (Framatome), V. Schoss (Framatome), V. Chabretou (Framatome), J. O'Shaughnessy (Framatome)
Digital Solutions for Visual Fuel Assembly Inspection
8:50–9:15AM CDT
Markus Wicklein (Framatome)
LaSip System: Precision Leak Detection for Old Fuel, Small Leakers, and Fuel Repair Verification
9:15–9:40AM CDT
Lage Fridemo (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Ben Strengell (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Andreas Fristedt Åblad (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Presented by Daniel Engbom (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
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