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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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India’s PFBR attains criticality at last
Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed it “a proud moment for India” when on April 6 the 500-MWe, sodium-cooled Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achieved initial criticality. This milestone, which comes some 22 years after the continually delayed PFBR project began, marks India’s entrance into the second stage of its three-stage nuclear program, which has the ultimate goal of supporting the country’s nuclear power program with its significant thorium reserves.
Technical Session
Tuesday, October 7, 2025|10:00–11:40AM CDT|Salon A
Session Chair:
John Beale
Co-Chair:
Dong-Joo Kim
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Irradiation Vehicles for Evaluating SiC/SiC Cladding Bowing Under Neutron Flux Gradients
10:00–10:25AM CDT
Nicholas G. Russell (ORNL), David Chandler (ORNL), Peter Doyle (ORNL), Takaaki Koyanagi (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL)
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Inspection of Cladding Coating with Wideband Laser Induced Guided Ultrasonic Waves
10:25–10:50AM CDT
Andrew Campbell (Univ of South Carolina), Jiawei Guo (Univ of South Carolina), Boshi Chen (Univ of South Carolina), Jannatul Ferdausi (Univ of South Carolina), Yi Wang (Univ of South Carolina), Lingyu Yu (Univ. South Carolina), Victor Giurgiutiu (University of South Carolina)
Mechanical Testing of Hydrogen-Charged Cr-Coated Zirconium Alloy Fuel Claddings
10:50–11:15AM CDT
Daniel Viands (University of South Carolina), Ian Hopkins (University of South Carolina), Jingjing Bao (University of South Carolina), Jorie Walters (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Xinyu Huang (University of South Carolina)
Cladding Creep Irradiations in the High Flux Reactor
11:15–11:40AM CDT
Steven Knol (NRG|PALLAS), Viktors Grismanovs (NRG|PALLAS), Tim v. Lunteren (NRG|PALLAS)
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