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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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OECD NEA meeting focuses on irradiation experiments
Members of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency’s Second Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES-II) joint undertaking gathered from September 29 to October 3 in Ketchum, Idaho, for the technical advisory group and governing board meetings hosted by Idaho National Laboratory. The FIDES-II Framework aims to ensure and foster competences in experimental nuclear fuel and structural materials in-reactor experiments through a diverse set of Joint Experimental Programs (JEEPs).
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|3:15–5:00PM EST|Labrid A/B
Session Chair:
Leah Squires
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Christina Leggett
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Commercialization of High-Density High Assay Low Enriched Uranium Fuel Systems
3:15–3:35PM EST
Michael Catalan (PNNL), Matthew Pippin (Y-12 National Security Complex), Gunes Argon (BWXT Nuclear Fuels)
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Phenomena Identification and Ranking Table for Spent Tri-Structural Isotropic (TRISO) Particles in Storage and Transportation
3:35–3:55PM EST
Kevin Kelly (EPRI), Thomas Dabrow (MPR Assoc.), Cecile Dame (MPR Assoc.), Dan Moneghan (EPRI)
Advanced Reactor Irradiated Graphite Lifecycle Analysis: From Source Term to Repository Performance
3:55–4:15PM EST
Liam S. Hines (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Haruko Wainwight (MIT)
Nuclide Importance to Decay Heat in Advanced Reactors' Spent Fuel Transportation and Storage
4:15–4:35PM EST
Germina Procop (ORNL), Yves Robert (ORNL)
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Preliminary Study for Recycling Heavy Metal from the Special Purpose Reactor Used Fuel in the Advanced Burner Reactor
4:35–4:55PM EST
Cihang Lu (Brookhaven), Arantxa Cuadra (Brookhaven)
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