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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
Monday, October 6, 2025|10:00–11:40AM CDT|Brentwood/Franklin
Session Chair:
Nathan Capps
Co-Chair:
Jean-Jérome VERMOYAL
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SCIP III Heating Tests and the Parametric Study of Fuel Fragmentation
10:00–10:25AM CDT
Joakim K.-H. Karlsson (Studsvik), Pia Tejland (Studsvik), Per Magnusson (Studsvik), Anders Puranen (AB SVAFO)
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A Double Heating Test and the Quest to Understand the Driving Force of Fuel Fragmentation
10:25–10:50AM CDT
Joakim K.-H. Karlsson (Studsvik), Pia Tejland (Studsvik), Per Magnusson (Studsvik), Olof Tengstrand (Studsvik Nuclear AB), Daniel Jädernäs (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), Kyle Johnson (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Anders Puranen (AB SVAFO)
Prediction of Measured Increase in Cladding Temperature at Post-CHF Conditions
10:50–11:15AM CDT
Zeses Karoutas (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Yixing Sung (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Fredrik Waldemarsson (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Gregory Stehle (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jean-Marie Le Corre (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Uffe Bergmann (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Andreas Wikström (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Tiago Moreira (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mark Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Metallograph Interpretation for Post-LOCA Bending Fracture Modeling
11:15–11:40AM CDT
Jean Desquines (ASNR), Tatiana Taurines (ASNR), Séverine Guilbert (ASNR), Marine Guemas (ASNR), Jonathan Quibel (ASNR), Nicolas Cillères (ASNR)
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