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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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ADP on track to complete major D&D work at Crystal River-3 this summer
Advanced Decommissioning Partners, a joint venture of NorthStar Group Services and Orano USA, is set to complete major decommissioning activities at Crystal River-3 nuclear power plant in Florida this summer, according to the license termination plan (LTP) the company submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Technical Session
Wednesday, October 8, 2025|1:00–2:40PM CDT|Salon B
Session Chair:
Patrick Raynaud
Co-Chair:
Phil Sharpe
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A Thorium Molten Salt Reactor That Only Needs Refueling with Fertile Fuel
1:00–1:25PM CDT
Lorenzo Chierici (Copenhagen Atomics), Aslak Stubsgaard (Copenhagen Atomics), Thomas J. Pedersen (Copenhagen Atomics)
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Pin-Type Fluoride Salt-Cooled Reactor Assembly Optimization with Neutronics and Fuel Performance Considerations
1:25–1:50PM CDT
Viktoriia Hozhyk (Univ. Cambridge), Alejandra De Lara (Univ. Cambridge), Eugene Shwageraus (Univ. Cambridge)
Investigation of Burn-up Dependent Thermo-mechanical Behavior of Heat-Pipe Cooled Microreactors
1:50–2:15PM CDT
Chiara Genoni (Texas A&M), Vefa N. Kucukboyaci (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Mangiatrotti), Alessandro Scolaro (EPFL), Carlo Fiorina (Texas A&M)
Power Density Uprates through High Surface-to-Volume Fuels in Integral Pressurized Water Reactors
2:15–2:40PM CDT
Assil Halimi (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
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