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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
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What’s the most difficult question you’ve been asked as a maintenance instructor?
Blye Widmar
"Where are the prints?!"
This was the final question in an onslaught of verbal feedback, comments, and critiques I received from my students back in 2019. I had two years of instructor experience and was teaching a class that had been meticulously rehearsed in preparation for an accreditation visit. I knew the training material well and transferred that knowledge effectively enough for all the students to pass the class. As we wrapped up, I asked the students how they felt about my first big system-level class, and they did not hold back.
“Why was the exam from memory when we don’t work from memory in the plant?” “Why didn’t we refer to the vendor documents?” “Why didn’t we practice more on the mock-up?” And so on.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Thursday, December 2, 2021|10:00–11:45AM EST |Columbia 12
Session Chair:
J. Rory Kennedy
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Alternate Chair:
James K. Jewell
Student Assistant:
Mackenzie Bjornstedt
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Post-Irradiation Examination of Irradiated Optical Components of In-Situ Spectroscopic Sensors for Advanced Fission Reactors
10:05–10:25AM EST
Bryan Morgan (Univ. of Michigan), Matthew Van Zile (Ohio State Univ.), Patrick Skrodzki (Univ. of Michigan), Xuan Xiao (Univ. of Michigan), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Paul Marotta (Micro Nuclear), Miloš Burger (Univ. of Michigan), Igor Jovanovic (Univ. of Michigan)
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TEM Characterization of High Dose Ion Irradiated MA956 ODS Alloy
10:25–10:45AM EST
Yu Lu (Boise State Univ.), Yaqiao Wu (Boise State Univ.), Ramprashad Prabhakaran (PNNL), Megha Dubey (Boise State Univ.), Lin Shao (Texas A&M Univ.), Jing Wang (PNNL), Dalong Zhang (PNNL)
Zinc Additions Reduces Dissolution Rate of FeCrAl Fuel Cladding
10:45–11:05AM EST
Raul B. Rebak (GE Research), Timothy B. Jurewicz (GE Research), Andrew K. Hoffman (GE Research), Liang Yin (GE Research), Aida Amroussia (GE Research), Rajnikant V. Umretiya (GE Research), Russ M. Fawcett (GE Power)
FeCrAl Fuel Clad Chemical Interaction in Light Water Reactor Environments
11:05–11:25AM EST
Andrew K. Hoffman (GE Research), Fabiola Cappia (INL), Jatuporn Burns (INL), Lingfeng He (INL), Rajnikant Umretiya (GE Research), Vipul Gupta (GE Research), Caleb Massey (ORNL), Jason Harp (ORNL), Raul B. Rebak (GE Research)
Progress in Developing Thermochimica Modelling Capabilities to Aid in Simulating Severe Accidents in MELCOR
11:25–11:45AM EST
Benjamin A.T. Breeden (Ontario Tech Univ.), Max Poschmann (Ontario Tech Univ.), David Luxat (Sandia), Markus H.A. Piro (Ontario Tech Univ.)
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