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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
Standards Program
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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|3:15–4:55PM CDT|Brentwood/Franklin
Session Chair:
Johann Plancher
Co-Chair:
Randall J. Dunavant
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Framatome Codes and Methods Solution for Economical Increased Enrichment and Increased Burnup Fuel Management
3:15–3:40PM CDT
Philippe Bellanger (Framatome), Chris Allison (Framatome), Lisa Gerken (Framatome), Brian Lockamon (Framatome), Steven Cole (Framatome)
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UJV Role in the Licensing of New Fuel Designs for Czech NPPs
3:40–4:05PM CDT
Jan Klouzal (UJV Rez), Petr Vácha (UJV Rez), Radim Vočka (UJV Rez), Martin Dostál (UJV Rez)
FIDES-II/P2M Simulation Exercise on AN3 and AN10 Bump Tests: Main Results
4:05–4:30PM CDT
Jérôme Sercombe (CEA Cadarache), V. D'Ambrosi (CEA Cadarache), J. Sercombe (CEA), A. Vernier (CEA), V. D’Ambrosi (CEA), I. Guénot-Delahaie (CEA), S. Béjaoui (CEA), D. Rozzia (SCK CEN), G. Bonny (SCK CEN), B. Boer (SCK CEN), R.-W. Bosch (SCK CEN), A. Ambard (EDF), A. Chaieb (EDF), A. Mohamad (JAEA), Y. Udagawa (JAEA), J. Corson (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), A. Scheuermann (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), K.A. Gamble (INL), R. Armstrong (INL), L.-E. Herranz (CIEMAT), C. Aguado (CIEMAT), F. Feria (CIEMAT), A. Toptan (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Y. Long (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
BISON PCI Failure Analysis during Repeated BWR Load Following
4:30–4:55PM CDT
Oliver Baldwin (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nathan Capps (ORNL), Joe Rashid (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc), Daniel Jädernäs (Vattenfall), Paul Blair (Vattenfall), David Palko (Vattenfall), Brian D. Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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