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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Technical Session|FCWMD
Monday, October 6, 2025|10:00–11:40AM CDT|Salon A
Session Chair:
Rosemary A. Montgomery
Co-Chair:
Paul E. Cantonwine
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Considerations for Thermal Annealing of Zr-Alloy Cladding During Dry Storage
10:00–10:25AM CDT
Paul Cantonwine (ORNL), Ryan Karkkainen (ORNL), Rose Montgomery (ORNL), M. Nedim Cinbiz (ORNL), Yadu Sasikumar (ORNL), Ricardo Torres (PNNL), Rick Shimskey (PNNL), Gordon Petersen (INL), Jeff Reed (Framatome), Matthieu Aumand (Framatome), Ian Porter (GE-Vernova), David Mitchell (EPRI), Guirong Pan (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Prasad Nair (U.S. Department of Energy), Steve Vitto (U.S. Department of Energy), Joe Faldowski (EPRI)
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Effect of Annealing on the Thermal Creep of Irradiated Zr-1%Nb Cladding
10:25–10:50AM CDT
Alica Fedoriková (Research Centre Řež), Michael Sovadina (Reseach Centre Řež), Zdeněk Fencl (Reseach Centre Řež), Martin Dostál (UJV Rez), Jan Klouzal (UJV Rez)
Microstructural Characteristics of Hydride Precipitation in Partially Recrystallized Zirconium Alloys and Its Effect on Mechanical Integrity
10:50–11:15AM CDT
Donghyeon Son (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Junhee Lim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Haneol Noh (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Analysis of Axial Hydrogen Diffusion and Hydride Precipitation in Zirconium Alloy Nuclear Fuel Claddings
11:15–11:40AM CDT
Sebastian Niedermeyer (Paul Scherrer Institute), Pavel Trtik (Paul Scherrer Institute), Maik Stuke (BGZ Company for Interim Storage), Robert Zubler (Paul Scherrer Institute), Manuel A. Pouchon (Paul Scherrer Institute), Liliana I. Duarte (Paul Scherrer Institute), Johannes Bertsch (Paul Scherrer Institute)
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