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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Risk-informed, performance-based design in INL’s MARVEL reactor
The American Nuclear Society’s Risk-informed, Performance-based Principles and Policy Committee (RP3C) has held another presentation in its monthly Community of Practice (CoP) series. Former RP3C chair N. Prasad Kadambi opened the meeting with brief introductory remarks about the RP3C and the need for new approaches to nuclear design that go beyond conventional and deterministic methods. He then welcomed this month’s speaker: Doug Gerstner, a nuclear safety engineer at Idaho National Laboratory, who presented “Application of a Qualitative RIPB Approach for the MARVEL Microreactor at INL.”
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Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Tuesday, November 11, 2025|3:15–5:00PM EST|International Ballroom West
Session Chair:
William N. Mann
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Keith J. Drudy
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Parametric Study on Moderator Temperature Coefficient in Soluble Boron-Free SMR Core
3:15–3:35PM EST
Yuyeon Cho (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel Company), Nayeon Seo (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel Company), Jung-gyw Lee (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel Company)
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Evaluation of RCS Outlet-based Control Capability for Soluble Boron-free SMR Flexible Operation
3:35–3:55PM EST
Hyunseok Noh (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Seongho Park (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Junggyu Lee (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel)
Advanced Nuclear Technologies Design and Development Needs for Commercial-Maritime Applications
3:55–4:15PM EST
Ramiro Freile (Idaho National Laboratory), Sanjay Mukhi (Idaho National Laboratory), Mauricio E. Tano (Idaho National Laboratory), Don Wood (Idaho National Laboratory), Piyush Sabharwall (Idaho National Laboratory)
Particle-Matrix Interaction in Prismatic High-Temperature Reactors Fuel
4:15–4:35PM EST
Joseph Y. Rashid (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.), Wenfeng Liu (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc), Deena Jaber (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc), Anant Mohan (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc), Alex Shrier (BWX Technologies), Gavin T. VandenBroeder (Oregon State University)
Graphite Moderated, Helium-Cooled Thermal Reactor with SiGA®-Clad UO2 Enriched to 5%
4:35–4:55PM EST
Hangbok Choi (General Atomics), Robert Schleicher (General Atomics), Jason Rizk (General Atomics), John Bolin (General Atomics), Christopher Ellis (General Atomics), Ryan Hon (General Atomics), Mohammad Alavi (General Atomics), Christina A. Back (General Atomics)
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