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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
Wednesday, October 8, 2025|10:00–11:40AM CDT|Salon B
Session Chair:
Brenden Mervin
Co-Chair:
Matthieu Aumand
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Understanding the Thermomechanical Response of Ferritic and Ferritic-Martensitic Steel Claddings to Accident Transients
10:00–10:25AM CDT
Samuel B. Bell (ORNL), Mackenzie Ridley (ORNL), Nathan Capps (ORNL), Amy Godfrey (ORNL), Caleb Massey (ORNL)
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Behavior of Inert Fission Gas Under Accelerated Irradiation Conditions for Prototypical LWR Conditions
10:25–10:50AM CDT
Mutaz Alshannaq (Ohio State), Md Minaruzzaman (Ohio State), Hany S. Abdel-Khalik (Purdue Univ.), Adam X. Zabriskie (INL), Marat Khafizov (Ohio State)
Development of a Reduced Order Model for the Thermal Assessment of Fuel Assembly Dry Lift for Refueling a Liquid Metal Fast Reactor
10:50–11:15AM CDT
Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Mike Epstein (Fauske & Associates LLC), Sung J. Lee (Fauske & Associates LLC), Cory Stansbury (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Mangiarotti), Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Alireza Mofidi (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
Fuel Pin Irradiation Tests in the High Flux Reactor: Past Experiments and New Experiment Design for Screening of Innovative Gen IV Fuel Candidates
11:15–11:40AM CDT
Sander Van Til (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), Ronald Beck (NRG PALLAS), Tim v. Lunteren (NRG PALLAS)
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