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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Researchers use one-of-a-kind expertise and capabilities to test fuels of tomorrow
At the Idaho National Laboratory Hot Fuel Examination Facility, containment box operator Jake Maupin moves a manipulator arm into position around a pencil-thin nuclear fuel rod. He is preparing for a procedure that he and his colleagues have practiced repeatedly in anticipation of this moment in the hot cell.
Technical Session|FCWMD
Tuesday, October 7, 2025|10:00–11:40AM CDT|Brentwood/Franklin
Session Chair:
Paul Clifford
Co-Chair:
Birol Aktas
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Lightbridge Fuel Fabrication Modeling in ABAQUS with Experimental Comparisons
10:00–10:25AM CDT
Kyle M. Paaren (Lightbridge), Eric Shaber (Lightbridge), Scott Holcombe (Lightbridge)
Paper
Numerical Analysis of the Impact of Kernel Quality on Fluidized Bed Chemical Vapor Deposition
10:25–10:50AM CDT
Flavio Dal Forno Chuahy (ORNL), Bryan Conry (ORNL), Oluwafemi Oyedeji (ORNL), Charles Finney (ORNL), Eddie Lopez-Honorato (ORNL)
Buffering the Oxygen Potential of an Oxide Fuel using Niobium in Different Oxidation States
10:50–11:15AM CDT
P. Garcia (CEA), S. Gobert (CEA), E. Douguet-Bronnec (CEA), F. Le Hello (CEA), J. Fouletier (Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc), F. Fournet-Fayard (Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc), C. Martial (CEA), F. Audubert (CEA), S. Valance (CEA), X. Iltis (CEA), M.-C. Steil (Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc)
Method Advancements for Fuel Spacer Grid Dynamic Characterization for Seismic and LOCA Events
11:15–11:40AM CDT
Victor Hatman (Framatome), Eric Bourdais (Framatome), Brett Matthews (Framatome), Anaik Poulat (Framatome), Julien Pacull (Framatome)
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