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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC grants Clinton and Dresden license renewals
Three commercial power reactors across two Illinois nuclear power plants—Constellation’s Clinton and Dresden—have had their licenses renewed for 20 more years by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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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