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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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NEA report calls for more accurate data on SNF heat decay
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency has issued a report calling for more-detailed information on tracking the decay heat of spent nuclear fuel from light water reactors. According to the NEA, the report highlights the increasing importance of accurate decay heat estimations due to evolving fuel characteristics, including higher initial fuel enrichment, increased burn-up rates, and extended reactor cycle lengths.
The report, Summary of the NEA Assessment on Spent Nuclear Fuel Decay Heat for Light Water Reactors, summarizes the findings of a subgroup of the NEA’s Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS), which ran from January 2022 to January 2024.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Monday, November 18, 2024|1:00–2:45PM EST|Canaveral 2
Session Chair:
Michael Tonks (University of Florida)
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
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UZrCN Formation via Arc Melting -- A Novel Synthesis Study
1:00–1:20PM EST
David Sanches (INL), James Zillinger (INL), Sarah Hamilton (INL)
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Molten Salt Synthesis of Transition Metal and Lanthanide Nitride Surrogates for Actinide Nitride Fuels
1:20–1:40PM EST
Victoria Augustine (Oregon State), Devin McGlamery (Oregon State), Esteban Espinoza (Oregon State), Alexander Chemey (Oregon State)
Molten Salt Synthesis of Functional Carbide Materials
1:40–2:00PM EST
Devin McGlamery (Oregon State), Victoria Augustine (Oregon State), Esteban Espinoza (Oregon State), Alexander Chemey (Oregon State)
RoM Thermal Property Development for NTP Advanced Carbides in Bison
2:00–2:20PM EST
Jeremy D. Smith (Univ. Florida), Jhonathan Rosales (Marshall Space Flight Center), Michael R. Tonks (Univ. Florida)
Method for Estimating Uranium Mass in High-Level Radioactive Debris Using Gamma Spectroscopy
2:20–2:40PM EST
Dagistan Sahin (NIST Center for Neutron Research), H. Heather Chen-Mayer (NIST), Bryan Remley (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Osman S. Celikten (Univ. Maryland), Anil Gurgen (Univ. Maryland)
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