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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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The current status of heat pipe R&D
Idaho National Laboratory under the Department of Energy–sponsored Microreactor Program recently conducted a comprehensive phenomena identification and ranking table (PIRT) exercise aimed at advancing heat pipe technology for microreactor applications.
International High Level Radioactive Waste Management (IHLRWM 2025)
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 11, 2025|8:00–9:45AM EST|Lincoln West
Session Chair:
Joe Faldowski (EPRI)
Alternate Chair:
Steven P. Nesbit
Session Organizer:
Sylvia J. Saltzstein
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Office of Storage and Transportation Research Activities for DOE-Managed Spent Nuclear Fuel
8:00–8:20AM EST
Nilay Atul Kulkarni (Idaho National Laboratory), Samuel Trost (Idaho National Laboratory), Steven C. Vitto (U.S. Department of Energy)
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Maritime Microreactor Transport Scoping Study
8:20–8:40AM EST
Steven J. Maheras (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Garill A. Coles (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Steven M. Short (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Harold E. Adkins (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Spent Fuel Dry Storage Cask Opening: Operational Experiences
8:40–9:00AM EST
Laura McManniman (Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)), Joseph Faldowski (EPRI)
Integrating detector resolution into μTRec algorithm for spent-fuel cask imaging
9:00–9:20AM EST
Reshma Ughade (Purdue University), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue University)
Thermal Evaluation Plan of Korean CANDU Spent Fuel Silo Dry Storage
9:20–9:40AM EST
ChangHwan Shin (KAERI), Donghak Kook (KAERI), Yeon Hwang (SE&T Corporation), Jung-Hyun Kim (SE&T Corporation), Taehyung Na (Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power-Central Research Institute)
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