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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Researchers use one-of-a-kind expertise and capabilities to test fuels of tomorrow
At the Idaho National Laboratory Hot Fuel Examination Facility, containment box operator Jake Maupin moves a manipulator arm into position around a pencil-thin nuclear fuel rod. He is preparing for a procedure that he and his colleagues have practiced repeatedly in anticipation of this moment in the hot cell.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|8:00–9:45AM EST|Gunston East/West
Session Chair:
Yves Robert (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Nathan J. Roskoff
Session Organizer:
Massimiliano Fratoni (UC Berkeley)
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The Accident Tolerant Fuels Neutronics Scoping Study (ATF-2Pert)
8:00–8:20AM EST
Tristen J. Rogers (INL), Travis J. Labossiere-Hickman (INL), Austin L. Carter (INL), Mehmet Turkmen (INL)
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Limited Inventory Startup Core Loading for the NBSR
8:20–8:40AM EST
Osman Sahin Celikten (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Anil Gurgen (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Abdullah G. Weiss (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Dagistan Sahin (NIST Center for Neutron Research)
Application of the RPT Method for Use in Neutronics Analyses of the USNC MMR Core
8:40–9:00AM EST
Alec I. Mervis (MPR Assoc.), Thomas Dabrow (MPR Assoc.), Josh T. Jones (MPR Assoc.)
An Accurate SN Method for Solving Static Multigroup Neutron Transport Equations in Slab Geometry
9:00–9:20AM EST
Jilang Miao (Penn State), Miaomiao Jin (Penn State)
MISO: A Tool and Workflow for the Licensing of Small Modular Reactors
9:20–9:40AM EST
Nicholas Furukawa (MPR Assoc.), Alec Mervis (MPR Assoc.)
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