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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
Monday, October 6, 2025|10:00–11:40AM CDT|Salon B
Session Chair:
Christopher Matthews
Co-Chair:
Fausto Franceschini
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Initial Results from Post Irradiation Examination of AGR-5/6/7 TRISO Fuel
10:00–10:25AM CDT
William F. Cureton (ORNL), Tyler Gerczak (ORNL), John D. Hunn (ORNL), Fred Montgomery (ORNL), Grant W. Helmreich (ORNL), Martino Hooghkirk (ORNL), Jesse W. Werden (ORNL), Tyson Jordan (ORNL), Stephen Trewhitt (ORNL)
Paper
Preliminary Results from Post-irradiation Heating Tests of Low and High-Temperature AGR-5/6/7 Fuel Compacts
10:25–10:50AM CDT
John D. Stempien (INL), Lu Cai (INL), Paul A. Demkowicz (INL), Edward L. Reber (INL), Kelley V. Walker (INL), Cad L. Christensen (INL)
Debonding Modeling of TRISO layers with BISON
10:50–11:15AM CDT
Wen Jiang (NCSU), Antonio Recuero (LLNL), Jacob Hirschhorn (INL), Ryan Sweet (INL)
Assessment of buffer-IPyC Thermomechanical Debonding Behavior using New Experiment Strength Data in BISON
11:15–11:40AM CDT
Zuzanna Krajewska (INL), William F. Skerjanc (INL), Wen Jiang (NCSU), John D. Stempien (INL)
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