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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
Wednesday, October 8, 2025|10:00–11:40AM CDT|Cumberland South
Session Chair:
Mahmut N. Cinbiz
Co-Chair:
Patty McCumbee
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The Design of Novel Ramp Experiments in ATR Utilizing Pressurized He-3 for Evaluating Chrome Coated Cladding Behavior
10:00–10:25AM CDT
David Kamerman (INL), Matilda Aberg Lindell (INL), Shawna Bailey (INL), Briand Durtschi (INL), Aaron Colldeweih (INL)
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Licensing Framatome's PRotect Fuel: Integrated Approaches to Accelerate the Licensing of E-ATF Fuel Design
10:25–10:50AM CDT
M. Aumand (Framatome), L. Gerken (Framatome), Y. Qi (Framatome), P. Bellanger (Framatome)
Practical Development of Accident Tolerant FeCrAl-ODS Fuel Claddings for BWRs in Japan
10:50–11:15AM CDT
Sakamoto K (Nippon Nuclear Fuel Development), Miura Y (Nippon Nuclear Fuel Development), Matsunaga J (Global Nuclear Fuel), Aomi M (Global Nuclear Fuel), Miyata H (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Yasuda K (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Sasaki M (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Oono-Hori N (Yokohama Nat'l Univ.)
Development of a Method for Comparison of Lightbridge's Advanced Fuel Material Against Conventional UO2 Fuel Performance
11:15–11:40AM CDT
R. Wang (Lightbridge), C. Kirby (Lightbridge), K. Paaren (Lightbridge), B. Aktas (Lightbridge), S. Holcombe (Lightbridge)
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