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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Radfest at Argonne kicks off ANS Annual Conference
The day before the 2025 ANS Annual Conference officially began in Chicago, the air was abuzz with the crackle of Geiger counters at Argonne National Laboratory in neighboring Lemont, Ill., where about 100 visitors from across the country attended an outreach and education event hosted by the American Nuclear Society.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NNPD
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|3:15–5:00PM EST|Biscayne 2
Session Chair:
Sunil S. Chirayath
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Manit D. Shah
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Sensitivity Studies on Fuel Burnup and Plutonium Buildup in Pebble Bed Reactors for Fuel Parameter Perturbations
3:15–3:35PM EST
Donny Hartanto (ORNL), Sunil Chirayath (ORNL), Donald N. Kovacic (ORNL), Jianwei Hu (ORNL), Philip Gibbs (ORNL)
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Non-Proliferation Risk Model For Small Nuclear Reactors
3:35–3:55PM EST
Igor Dubinsky (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Rizwan-uddin (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Select Proliferation Studies for TRISO-Fueled, Heat-Pipe-Cooled Microreactors
3:55–4:15PM EST
Sweet Shanahan (INL), Nelson Snow (INL), Quinton Williams (Oregon State), Camille Palmer (Oregon State), Stefano Terlizzi (INL), Ishita Trivedi (INL), Ryan Stewart (INL)
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