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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
Tuesday, October 7, 2025|3:15–4:55PM CDT|Salon A
Session Chair:
Shinichiro Yamashita
Co-Chair:
Nico Vollmer
Session Organizer:
Peter R. Diller
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GNF4 BWR Fuel Design
3:15–3:40PM CDT
Weston Cundiff (Global Nuclear Fuel), Christopher Sedota (Global Nuclear Fuel), Jason Ingraham (Global Nuclear Fuel)
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Framatome VVER-440 and VVER-1000 Fuel Assembly Developments: Project Targets and Outline of Development Methodology
3:40–4:05PM CDT
Pascal Blanc (Framatome), Guy Gentet (Framatome SAS), Dounia Lhachemi (Framatome SAS), Marco Messingschlager (Framatome)
Extended Fuel Cycle Sensitivity Studies of the GE BWRX-300 Design
4:05–4:30PM CDT
John Monaghan (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)
Framatome Fuel Portfolio for Light Water based SMRs
4:30–4:55PM CDT
Alice Dufresne (Framatome SAS), David Breeding (Framatome), Elisa Calvo Tone (Framatome)
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