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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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India’s PFBR attains criticality at last
Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed it “a proud moment for India” when on April 6 the 500-MWe, sodium-cooled Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achieved initial criticality. This milestone, which comes some 22 years after the continually delayed PFBR project began, marks India’s entrance into the second stage of its three-stage nuclear program, which has the ultimate goal of supporting the country’s nuclear power program with its significant thorium reserves.
Technical Session
Tuesday, October 7, 2025|1:00–2:40PM CDT|Salon B
Session Chair:
Darren J. Skitt
Co-Chair:
Peter G. Newby
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Exploring Spark Plasma Sintering as a Promising Method for TRISO Compact Fabrication
1:00–1:25PM CDT
Anil Prasad (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Adam Cruse (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Andrew Bergeron (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Hygreeva Namburi (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), James Buckley (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Jeffrey Battersby (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Lava K. Pillari (University of British Columbia), Owen Mottershead (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Patrick Morrison (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Reeghan Osmond (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Victoria Szlachta (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Zainab Ali (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Madalena Spencer (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Catherine Thiriet (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Lukas Bichler (University of British Columbia)
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Advancements in TRISO Kernel Fabrication at Commercial Scale
1:25–1:50PM CDT
Griffin Gayne (Standard Nuclear), Michael Trammell (Standard Nuclear)
TRISO-Particle-in-Compact Homogenization Methodology
1:50–2:15PM CDT
Joseph Y.R. Rashid (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.), Deena Jaber (Structural Integrity Associates), Wenfeng Liu (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.), Anant Mohan (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.), Alipasha Sadri (Celeris Engineering)
Development of a FEM-based TRISO Fuel Performance Code for Multi-scale FCM Fuel Analysis
2:15–2:40PM CDT
Jongho Park (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
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