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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Shifting the paradigm of supply chain
Chad Wolf
When I began my nuclear career, I was coached up in the nuclear energy culture of the day to “run silent, run deep,” a mindset rooted in the U.S. Navy’s submarine philosophy. That was the norm—until Fukushima.
The nuclear renaissance that many had envisioned hit a wall. The focus shifted from expansion to survival. Many utility communications efforts pivoted from silence to broadcast, showcasing nuclear energy’s elegance and reliability. Nevertheless, despite being clean baseload 24/7 power that delivered a 90 percent capacity factor or higher, nuclear energy was painted as risky and expensive (alongside energy policies and incentives that favored renewables).
Economics became a driving force threatening to shutter nuclear power. The Delivering the Nuclear Promise initiative launched in 2015 challenged the industry to sustain high performance yet cut costs by up to 30 percent.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Thursday, December 2, 2021|10:00–11:45AM EST |Columbia 12
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J. Rory Kennedy
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James K. Jewell
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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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