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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Japan’s TEPCO resumes operations; Monday earthquake triggers response
Commercial operations have resumed at Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant in Japan’s Niigata Prefecture, Tokyo Electric Power Company has announced.
Last week’s commercial restart of Unit 6, a 1,315-MWe boiling water reactor, is the first for a TEPCO nuclear facility since the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami triggered an accident at the utility’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|8:00–9:45AM EST|Georgetown West
Session Chair:
John H. Kessler
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Michael Smith (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte)
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Emulation of Radiation Damage in Neutron Absorber Under Dry Storage Environments
8:00–8:20AM EST
Woong Ha (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Sangjoon Ahn (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
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Study on Microstructure and Residual Stress of Nuclear Material Storage Container SAVY-4000
8:20–8:40AM EST
Hyosim Kim (LANL), Jonathan Gigax (LANL), Alexander S. Bishop (LANL), Tristan Karns (LANL), Paul H. Smith (LANL)
Neutron Absorber Material Monitoring for Spent Fuel Pools
8:40–9:00AM EST
Hatice Akkurt (EPRI)
Results from 3-D Heat Signature Simulations for Safeguarded Spent Nuclear Fuel
9:00–9:20AM EST
Alvaro Pizarro-Vallejos (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Michael D. Kaminski (ANL)
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