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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
Wednesday, October 8, 2025|10:00–11:40AM CDT|Salon A
Session Chair:
Antoine Boulore
Co-Chair:
Kazuo Kakiuchi
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Evaluation of Loss-of-Coolant Commissioning Experiments Performed at Idaho National Laboratory
10:00–10:25AM CDT
Robert Armstrong (INL), Charles Folsom (INL), Juliana Pacheco Duarte (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Colby Jensen (INL)
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Fuel Bonding and its Impact on Axial Gas Communication Behavior in Light-Water Reactor Fuel Rods
10:25–10:50AM CDT
Daniel J. Van Wasshenova (INL), Wenfeng Liu (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.), Kyle A. Gamble (INL), Joseph Y.R. Rashid (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.), Ryan T. Sweet (INL), Stephen R. Novascone (INL)
Experiment to Investigate the On-set of Transient Fission Gas Release Under Simulated LOCA Conditions
10:50–11:15AM CDT
Jason M. Harp (ORNL), Yong Yan (ORNL), Robert N. Morris (ORNL), Charles A. Baldwin (ORNL), Matthew M. Jones (ORNL), Nathan A. Capps (ORNL)
Measurement of Transient Fission Gas Release from High-Burnup MOX Fuel Under a Simulated Reactivity-Initiated Accident Condition Using Fission Gas Dynamics Testing Technique
11:15–11:40AM CDT
Y. Taniguchi (JAEA), K. Urano (JAEA), T. Mihara (JAEA), Y. Udagawa (JAEA), K. Kakiuchi (JAEA), J. Katsuyama (JAEA)
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