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May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Going Nuclear: Notes from the officially unofficial book tour
I work in the analytical labs at one of Europe’s oldest and largest nuclear sites: Sellafield, in northwestern England. I spend my days at the fume hood front, pipette in one hand and radiation probe in the other (and dosimeter pinned to my chest, of course). Outside the lab, I have a second job: I moonlight as a writer and public speaker. My new popular science book—Going Nuclear: How the Atom Will Save the World—came out last summer, and it feels like my life has been running at full power ever since.
Technical Session
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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