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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 ETWDD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST|Columbia 12
Session Chair:
Tyler Newitt (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Jenna Payne
Session Organizer:
Andrew E. Thomas
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Simulating a Molten Salt Gas Stream for a LIBS Experiment
1:00–1:20PM EST
Nicholas Poole (NCSU), Ming Liu (NCSU), Matt Schweitzer (NCSU), Austin Wells (NCSU), Colby Fleming (NCSU), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU)
Paper
Contact Glow Discharge Electrolysis: A Novel Tool for Material Quantification in Molten Salts
1:20–1:40PM EST
Kayla Hahn (NCSU), Alexander W. Bataller (NCSU)
Presented by Davis Bryars (NCSU)
Establishing a Domestic HALEU Supply Chain
1:40–2:00PM EST
Sarah Cole (Boise State), Alan Levin (Washington Internships for Students of Engineering), Brian Jaques (Boise State)
Using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy to Analyze Alloy 617 Exposed to HTGR Temperatures
2:00–2:20PM EST
T. Ray (Purdue), A. Hassanein (Purdue)
Micro-HTGR Integration with Different Power Block Options
2:20–2:40PM EST
Stella Betts (Purdue), T-Ying Lin (Purdue), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)
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