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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Argonne updates: Fuel research and materials lab
Over the past two weeks, Argonne National Laboratory has announced numerous significant advancements being made by its staff to push forward nuclear fuels and materials research. Those announcements include the opening of the new Activated Materials Lab, the development of a new measurement technique, and the application of new artificial intelligence tools.
Technical Session
Tuesday, October 7, 2025|10:00–11:40AM CDT|Salon B
Session Chair:
Christopher Matthews
Co-Chair:
Fausto Franceschini
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Micromechanical Properties of the SiC and Pyrolytic Carbon Layers in Tristructural-Isotropic Coated Particles
10:00–10:25AM CDT
Katherine I. Montoya (ORNL), Erik Herbert (ORNL), Andrew T. Nelson (ORNL), Tyler J. Gerczak (ORNL)
Paper
Sensitivity Analysis Applied to Mechanistic Calculation for Effective Diffusivity of Ag through the SiC Layer in TRISO particles with BISON
10:25–10:50AM CDT
Caitlyn B. Parsons (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Pierre-Clément A. Simon (Idaho National Lab), Brian D. Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Investigation into the Effects of Pd Chemical Attack on Silicon Carbide in TRISO Particle Fuel
10:50–11:15AM CDT
Bailey T. Bertrand (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Wen Jiang (North Carolina State University Nuclear Engineering Department), Brian D. Wirth (University of Tennessee Nuclear Engineering Department)
Lower Length Scale Simulations of Pd Solubility and Transport in TRISO Fuel Kernels
11:15–11:40AM CDT
Michael W. Cooper (LANL), Benjamin Liu (LANL), Antoine Claisse (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Liping Cao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Darren Skitt (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Parvez Khambatta (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Christopher Matthews (LANL)
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