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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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IAEA again raises global nuclear power projections
Noting recent momentum behind nuclear power, the International Atomic Energy Agency has revised up its projections for the expansion of nuclear power, estimating that global nuclear operational capacity will more than double by 2050—reaching 2.6 times the 2024 level—with small modular reactors expected to play a pivotal role in this high-case scenario.
IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi announced the new projections, contained in the annual report Energy, Electricity, and Nuclear Power Estimates for the Period up to 2050 at the 69th IAEA General Conference in Vienna.
In the report’s high-case scenario, nuclear electrical generating capacity is projected to increase to from 377 GW at the end of 2024 to 992 GW by 2050. In a low-case scenario, capacity rises 50 percent, compared with 2024, to 561 GW. SMRs are projected to account for 24 percent of the new capacity added in the high case and for 5 percent in the low case.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Sonoran 8
Session Chair:
Guillaume Giudicelli (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU)
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Predicting BWR Criticality with Data-Driven Machine Learning Model
1:00–1:20PM MST
Muhammad Rizki Oktavian (Purdue), Anirudh Tunga (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jonathan Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs), James Tusar (Constellation), J. Thomas Gruenwald (Blue Wave AI Labs), Yunlin Xu (Purdue)
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Multiphysics-Coupled Seismic Safety Analysis of Molten-Salt Reactors
1:20–1:40PM MST
Chandrakanth Bolisetti (INL), Guillaume L. Giudicelli (INL), Paolo Balestra (INL), Somayajulu L. N. Dhulipala (INL), Mauricio E. Tano (INL), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL)
Preliminary Assessment for Improved Features of KARMA Lattice Transport Code Through PWR Core Follow Calculations
1:40–2:00PM MST
Hyunsik Hong (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Changhyun Lim (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Joo Il Yoon (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel)
Enforcing Neutron Balance Through Current Correction with Optimization
2:00–2:20PM MST
Oscar Lastres (Purdue), Yunlin Xu (Purdue)
Monte Carlo Modeling Unification via a Metamodel-Driven Approach
2:20–2:40PM MST
Peter J. Kowal (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Camden E. Blake (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Joseph A. McPherson (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Wei Ji (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
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