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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Deep Isolation validates its disposal canister for TRISO spent fuel
Nuclear waste disposal technology company Deep Isolation announced it has successfully completed Project PUCK, a government-funded initiative to demonstrate the feasibility and potential commercial readiness of its Universal Canister System (UCS) to manage TRISO spent nuclear fuel.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST|Jefferson West
Session Chair:
Annabelle Le Coq
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
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Conceptual Neutronics Scoping for Ramp Testing in the Advanced Test Reactor
1:00–1:20PM EST
Travis Labossiere-Hickman (INL), Nicolas Woolstenhulme (INL), Brian Durtschi (INL), David Kamerman (INL)
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Feasibility of Power Ramp Testing in the Advanced Test Reactor
1:20–1:40PM EST
Michael J. Worrall (INL), Nate S. Oldham (INL), Kendell R. Horman (INL)
Towards High-Throughput Alloy Development for Nuclear Reactor Applications
1:40–2:00PM EST
Jonathan Gigax (LANL), Hyosim Kim (LANL), Matthew Chancey (LANL), Jon Kevin Baldwin (LANL)
Predicting the Transmutation of Fuel Taggants
2:00–2:20PM EST
Elijah C. Lutz (Sandia), Jeremy M. Osborn (Sandia)
Linear and Non-linear Optical Characterization of Glass and Sapphire for Optical Instrumentation of Advanced Fission Reactors
2:20–2:40PM EST
Bryan Morgan (Univ. Michigan), Matthew Van Zile (Ohio State), Christian Petrie (ORNL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Milos Burger (Univ. Michigan), Igor Jovanovic (Univ. Michigan)
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