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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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ANS hosts an overview of its STEM resources
The American Nuclear Society recently hosted a webinar charting the programs and resources that the Society can provide to students, educators, and the public regarding nuclear science and technology education—with a particular focus on the K–12 space. The webinar, led by ANS senior manager of STEM programs Uchenna Ezibe, also provided updates on the progress and future of ANS STEM efforts.
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Technical Session
Wednesday, October 8, 2025|1:00–2:40PM CDT|Salon A
Session Chair:
Libing Zhu
Co-Chair:
Zeses E. Karoutas
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Development of a Fuel-Coolant Interaction Test Facility for Studying Fuel Dispersal during Loss of Coolant Accident
1:00–1:25PM CDT
Caleb Malinowski (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Peter Iascone (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Shanbin Shi (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Paper
Analysis of Fuel Dispersal Behavior through Integral LOCA and Separate Effect Tests
1:25–1:50PM CDT
Hyunwoo Yook (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Effect of Rod Internal Gas State on FFRD Behavior of High Burnup Fuel during LOCA Conditions
1:50–2:15PM CDT
Kazuo Kakiuchi (JAEA), Takafumi Narukawa (The University of Tokyo), Yutaka Udagawa (JAEA), Jinya Katsuyama (JAEA), Takeshi Mihara (JAEA), Masaki Amaya (JAEA)
Fuel Rod Bowing During Non-Axisymetrical Rewetting After DND: Thermomechanical Analysis
2:15–2:40PM CDT
Charbal A. (CEA), Ambard A. (EDF), Ton-That M. (EDF), Mubarak A. (EDF), Le Jolu T. (CEA), Vermoyal J.-J. (EDF)
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