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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Framatome signs contracts with Sizewell C
French nuclear developer Framatome is slated to deliver key equipment for Sizewell C Ltd.’s two large reactors planned for the United Kingdom’s Suffolk coast.
The agreement, reportedly worth multiple billions of euros, was announced this week and will involve Framatome from the design phase until commissioning. The company also agreed to a long-term fuel supply deal. Framatome is 80.5 percent owned by France’s EDF and 19.5 percent owned by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST|Desert Willow
Session Chair:
Larry Wetzel (BWX Technologies)
Alternate Chair:
William M. Cook
Session Organizer:
Benjamin Martin
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Calculated Critical Concentrations of Uranium and Plutonium in Advanced Solvents
3:15–3:35PM MST
Andrew Taylor (NCSU), Tracy Stover (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions)
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Comparison of FISPACT-II Predicted and Measured Values of Activation Foils in a Godiva IV Burst
3:35–3:55PM MST
Nicholas H. Whitman (LANL), Joetta M. Goda (LANL), Theresa E. Cutler (LANL), Jesson D. Hutchinson (LANL), Robert A. Weldon Jr. (LANL), Matthew E. Gooden (LANL), Rene G. Sanchez (LANL)
Generalized Bayesian Framework for Evaluation of Integral Benchmark Experiments
3:55–4:15PM MST
Jesse M. Brown (ORNL), Goran Arbanas (ORNL), Hany Abdel-Khalik (Purdue), Ugur Mertyurek (ORNL), William B. Marshall (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
An Analysis of Pebble Bed Spent Fuel Cask Criticality and Safety
4:15–4:35PM MST
Jonathan F. Wing (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Criticality Analysis of Fuel Debris Falling in Water Considering Water Surface Oscillation
4:35–4:55PM MST
Toru Obara (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Taro Fumimoto (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Takeshi Muramoto (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Jun Nishiyama (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
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