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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Optimizing nuclear plant outages: Data analytics tools and methods for enhancing resilience and efficiency
Nuclear power plant refueling outages are among the most complex phases in a plant’s operational cycle.1 During these outages, tens of thousands of activities, including maintenance and surveillance, are conducted simultaneously within a short timeframe. Typically lasting three to four weeks, these operations involve large crews of contractors with diverse skill sets performing tasks ranging from testing and surveillance to maintenance. Outages may extend longer if major backfitting or modernization projects are planned. Consequently, plant outages are expensive, incurring significant operational costs, such as contractor labor and equipment, as well as the loss of generation while the plant is off line. This can easily cost a plant operator more than $1 million a day. Therefore, there is a constant need to mitigate the economic impact on plants by reducing the frequency, duration, and risks associated with these outages.2,3
Technical Session|FCWMD
Tuesday, October 7, 2025|8:00–9:40AM CDT|Brentwood/Franklin
Session Chair:
Guirong Pan
Co-Chair:
John Beale
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Irradiation Testing and Scaling Progress on General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems' Silicon Carbide Cladding Technology (SiGA®)
8:00–8:25AM CDT
Sean Gonderman (General Atomics), David Frazer (General Atomics), Lucas Borowski (General Atomics), Rolf Haefelfinger (General Atomics), Mohammad Alavi (General Atomics), Aaron Sathrum (General Atomics), Ryan Hon (General Atomics), Sarah Oswald (General Atomics), Andrew Giles (General Atomics), William Campbell (General Atomics), Jackie Unangst (General Atomics), Will McMahon (General Atomics), Derek Kuebler (General Atomics), Christy Jones (General Atomics), Josh Quan (General Atomics), Alden Moore (General Atomics), George Jacobsen (General Atomics), Christian Deck (General Atomics), David Kamerman (INL), Jake Stockwell (INL), Peng Xu (INL), Jack Gazza (General Atomics)
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Evaluation of a Fission Product Release from Accident Tolerant Fuels in the Advanced Test Reactor
8:25–8:50AM CDT
Delaney Stine (INL), Brian Durtschi (INL), Michael Reichenberger (INL), David Kamerman (INL)
Mechanical Response of HFIR-irradiated E-ATF Cr-coated M5FRAMATOME Cladding under Simple and Complex Loading Conditions
8:50–9:15AM CDT
M. Nedim Cinbiz (ORNL), Hong Wang (ORNL), Benton Garrison (ORNL), Kory Linton (ORNL), Paul Cantonwine (ORNL), Matthieu Aumand (Framatome)
Benchmark Mechanical Test Results of Westinghouse Zirconium Cladding and Irradiated Testing Readiness
9:15–9:40AM CDT
Ben Garrison (ORNL), Guirong Pan (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Ethan Blount (ORNL), Bob Sitterson (ORNL), Josh Kendall (ORNL), Jason Harp (ORNL), M. Nedim Cinbiz (ORNL), Nathan Capps (ORNL), Allison DeAbreu (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Ellen Feldsien (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Charles Black III (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jonna M. Partezana (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
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