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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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ANS hosts an overview of its STEM resources
The American Nuclear Society recently hosted a webinar charting the programs and resources that the Society can provide to students, educators, and the public regarding nuclear science and technology education—with a particular focus on the K–12 space. The webinar, led by ANS senior manager of STEM programs Uchenna Ezibe, also provided updates on the progress and future of ANS STEM efforts.
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Technical Session
Tuesday, October 7, 2025|3:15–5:20PM CDT|Salon B
Session Chair:
Peter G. Newby
Co-Chair:
Darren J. Skitt
Session Organizer:
Kallie E. Metzger
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Metallic Fuel Research and Development in the U.S. National Program
3:15–3:40PM CDT
Colby B. Jensen (INL), Douglas L. Porter (INL), Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (INL), Tiankai Yao (INL), Pavel G. Medvedev (INL), Randall S. Fielding (INL), Benjamin P. Eftink (LANL), Stuart A. Maloy (PNNL), Caleb P. Massey (ORNL), Kun Mo (ANL), Daniel M. Wachs (INL)
Paper
Metal Fuel Performance in Sodium Fast Reactors: Post-Irradiation Examination
3:40–4:05PM CDT
Tiankai Yao (INL), Randall S. Fielding (INL), Yachun Wang (INL), Colby B. Jensen (INL), Douglas L. Porter (INL)
Implementation of a Constituent Redistribution Model for Metallic U-Zr and U-Pu-Zr Fuels in the FAST Fuel Performance Code
4:05–4:30PM CDT
Dylan F. Wray (PNNL), Kenneth J. Geelhood (PNNL), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Metallic Fuel Fabrication Optimization
4:30–4:55PM CDT
Randall S. Fielding (INL), Alejandro Dayag (INL), Adrian Silva (TAMU)
Conceptual Assessment of Lightbridge Fuel Post-CHF Performance
4:55–5:20PM CDT
Birol Aktas (Lightbridge)
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