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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
Wednesday, November 12, 2025|8:00–9:45AM EST|Lincoln West
Session Chair:
Kasey Kennett (Dominion Energy)
Alternate Chair:
Matt Feldman (SNL)
Session Organizer:
Hatice Akkurt
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Evaluation of Technical Readiness for Fresh and Spent Fuel Wet and Dry Storage and Transportation of ATF/LEU+/HBU
8:00–8:20AM EST
Hatice Akkurt (EPRI)
Paper
Fuel Assembly Changes Impact on Spent Fuel Pool Criticality Analyses for LEU+ Applications
8:20–8:40AM EST
Michael Wenner (Westinghoue Electric Company LLC)
CASMO5 Analysis of Select HTC Critical Experiments Simulating Burned Fuel
8:40–9:00AM EST
James W. Carnal (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Joshua Hykes (Studsvik Scandpower), Rodolfo M. Ferrer (Studsvik Scandpower)
Considerations for KENO Benchmark for Spent Fuel Pool Criticality Safety Analyses
9:00–9:20AM EST
David S. Orr (Duke Energy Corporation), Robert A. Hall (Duke Energy)
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