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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
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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