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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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The newest era of workforce development at ANS
As most attendees of this year’s ANS Annual Conference left breakfast in the Grand Ballroom of the Chicago Downtown Marriott to sit in on presentations covering everything from career pathways in fusion to recently digitized archival nuclear films, 40 of them made their way to the hotel’s fifth floor to take part in the second offering of Nuclear 101, a newly designed certification course that seeks to give professionals who are in or adjacent to the industry an in-depth understanding of the essentials of nuclear energy and engineering from some of the field’s leading experts.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Wednesday, October 8, 2025|10:00–11:40AM CDT|Brentwood/Franklin
Session Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
Alternate Chair:
Christopher Van Wert
:
Kurshad Muftuoglu
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Hierarchical Shape Optimization of Nuclear Fuel Assemblies Using Multi-Level Pin to Assembly Analysis in MOOSE
10:00–10:25AM CDT
Jonathan Geymer (NCSU), Muhammad R. Altahhan (NCSU), Max Nezdyur (INL), Lynn Munday (INL), Yousry Y. Azmy (NCSU)
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Fission Gas Release Modeling and Validation with CTF Code for High Energy Fuel RIA Analysis
10:25–10:50AM CDT
Charles Cheron (NCSU), Gregory R. Stehle (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Daniel Torres (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Yixing Sung (Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC), Agustin Abarca (NCSU), Maria N. Avramova (NCSU)
Investigation of Stepwise Power Increase Effects on VVER-440 Fuel Cladding
10:50–11:15AM CDT
Andras S. Vanyi (HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research), Gergely Kustar (MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant), Peter Meszaros (MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant), Viktor Holl (MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant), Zoltan Kato (MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant), Gabor Bona (MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant)
Homogenization-Based Softening Model for Fragmented Nuclear Fuel
11:15–11:40AM CDT
Milica Krstovic (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Alessandro Scolaro (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne), Mathieu Hursin (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne), Paul Van Uffelen (European Commission, JRC)
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