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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Friday, December 3, 2021|3:05–4:50PM EST |Columbia 9
Session Chair:
John Gilligan (NCSU)
Alternate Chair:
Andrew E. Thomas (INL)
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Needle Probe Measurements of the Thermal Conductivity of Reference Liquids
3:10–3:30PM EST
Brian Merritt (Brigham Young Univ.), Michael Seneca (Brigham Young Univ.), Troy Munro (Brigham Young Univ.)
Paper
Defect Classification in Simulated Pulsed Thermal Tomography Images Using Deep Learning Convolutional Neural Network
3:30–3:50PM EST
Victoria Ankel (ANL), Dzmitry Shribak (ANL), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
Autonomous Fault Detection for Microreactor Operations - Looking Ahead
3:50–4:10PM EST
Mario Mendoza (Texas A&M Univ.), Pavel V. Tsvetkov (Texas A&M Univ.)
History and Future of Adaptive Mesh Refinement in Nuclear Engineering for Increased Fidelity and Computational Efficiency
4:10–4:30PM EST
Kristin Stolte (Texas A&M Univ.), Pavel Tsvetkov (Texas A&M Univ.)
Improved Point Kinetic Parameters Generation for Pebble Bed Reactor Transient Simulation Using NEAMS Tools
4:30–4:50PM EST
David Reger (Penn State Univ.), Paolo Balestra (INL), Ryan Stewart (INL), Elia Merzari (Penn State Univ.)
Fast Neutron Computed Tomography Station at The Ohio State University Research Reactor
4:50–5:10PM EST
Matthew Bisbee (Ohio State Univ.), Ibrahim Oksuz (Ohio State Univ.), Matthew VanZile (Ohio State Univ.), Lei Cao (Ohio State Univ.)
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