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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC grants Clinton and Dresden license renewals
Three commercial power reactors across two Illinois nuclear power plants—Constellation’s Clinton and Dresden—have had their licenses renewed for 20 more years by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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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