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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Researchers use one-of-a-kind expertise and capabilities to test fuels of tomorrow
At the Idaho National Laboratory Hot Fuel Examination Facility, containment box operator Jake Maupin moves a manipulator arm into position around a pencil-thin nuclear fuel rod. He is preparing for a procedure that he and his colleagues have practiced repeatedly in anticipation of this moment in the hot cell.
Technical Session|FCWMD
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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