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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|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)
Paper
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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