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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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NEA report calls for more accurate data on SNF heat decay
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency has issued a report calling for more-detailed information on tracking the decay heat of spent nuclear fuel from light water reactors. According to the NEA, the report highlights the increasing importance of accurate decay heat estimations due to evolving fuel characteristics, including higher initial fuel enrichment, increased burn-up rates, and extended reactor cycle lengths.
The report, Summary of the NEA Assessment on Spent Nuclear Fuel Decay Heat for Light Water Reactors, summarizes the findings of a subgroup of the NEA’s Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS), which ran from January 2022 to January 2024.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RRSD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST|Sonoran 2
Session Chair:
Brian E. O'Neil
Alternate Chair:
Adam J. Carroll
Session Organizer:
Young Soo Park
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Improved Data Analysis Method for Exhaust Tunnel LiDAR Inspection Data
3:15–3:35PM MST
William Willie Wells (SRNL), Jean R. Plummer (SRNL), Nickolas A. Trisnadi (SRNL), Jane M. Carter (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions), Saiying Z. Bowers (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions)
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Robot-Assisted Online Monitoring and Online Maintenance for Nuclear Power Plants
3:35–3:55PM MST
Fan Zhang (Georgia Tech)
Augmented-Reality Telerobotics with HoloLens
3:55–4:15PM MST
Frank Regal (Univ. Texas, Austin), Young Soo Park (ANL), Mitchell Pryor (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Development and Testing of DOE-EM Laterial Gamma Scanner
4:15–4:35PM MST
Sebastian Story (Florida Int'l Univ.), Josue Estrada (Florida Int'l Univ.), Jeff Natividad (Florida Int'l Univ.), Douglas Reid (Florida Int'l Univ.), Kayle Boomer (Florida Int'l Univ.), Anthony Abrahao (Florida Int'l Univ.), Dwayne McDaniel (Florida Int'l Univ.), Leonel Lagos (Florida Int'l Univ.), Mackenson Telusma (Florida Int'l Univ.)
Autonomous Alpha Radiation Survey Using Mobile Robotic Platforms
4:35–4:55PM MST
Alex Navarro (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin Torres (Univ. Texas, Austin), Caleb Hatler (LANL), Mary Tebben (Univ. Texas, Austin), Janak Panthi (Univ. Texas, Austin), Daniel I. Meza (Univ. Texas, Austin), Mitch Pryor (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Design for Safeguards and Safety: Nuclear Fuel Element Inspection Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle
4:55–5:15PM MST
Bahram Nassersharif (Univ. Rhode Island), Jacob Glantz (Univ. Rhode Island), Felicity Griffin (Univ. Rhode Island), Paulina Loredo (Univ. Rhode Island), Emmett Nguyen (Univ. Rhode Island), Ryan Wiz (Univ. Rhode Island), Cameron Goodwin (Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center)
Presented by Jacqueline Schings (Univ. Rhode Island)
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