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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Studsvik applies to build more reactors; Sweden seeks majority control of SMR company
New developments in Sweden’s nuclear energy industry continue to make headlines. Last week, Swedish engineering services firm Studsvik submitted an application to build between 600 MWe and 1,400 MWe of new nuclear power capacity “at and around” its Nyköping Municipality headquarters. Separately, the Swedish government is looking to acquire a majority ownership stake in Videberg Kraft AB.
Technical Session
Monday, October 6, 2025|1:00–2:40PM CDT|Brentwood/Franklin
Session Chair:
Rich Augi
Co-Chair:
Cristina Munoz-Reja Ruiz
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Development Progress of Chromium Coated Cladding for PWR Fuel
1:00–1:25PM CDT
Y. Okada (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), D. Sato (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Y. Shinohara (MHI Nuclear Development Co.), S. Yamashita (JAEA), D. Kamerman (INL)
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Development of a Mechanistic Model for Loss of Protectiveness Behavior in Cr-Coated ATF and Its Application to Embrittlement under Extended Single-Sided Oxidation
1:25–1:50PM CDT
Dongju Kim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Oxidation Resistant Cr-Nb-N PVD Coatings for Cladding Protection in BWR Conditions
1:50–2:15PM CDT
Johan Nyman (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Zaheen Shah (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Antoine Claisse (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Magnus Limbäck (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Andrea Fazi (Chalmers Univ.), Mattias Thuvander (Chalmers Univ.)
Experimental Investigation of CrNb Coatings for BWRs and PWRs
2:15–2:40PM CDT
Petr Cervenka (MIT), Andrea Fazi (MIT), Arunkumar Seshadri (MIT), Martin Sevecek (Czech Technical Univ. Prague), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)