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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Solar developer Geenex looks to enter nuclear market
Charlotte, N.C.–based Geenex, a developer of utility-scale solar power and battery storage within the PJM Interconnection, announced on Tuesday that it is expanding into nuclear energy development, focusing on the siting and permitting of advanced small modular reactors.
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)
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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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