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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Energy Secretary to speak at the 2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
In less than two weeks, the American Nuclear Society’s second annual conference of the year, the 2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo, will come to Washington, D.C.
Today, ANS is announcing that Energy Secretary Chris Wright will be joining the list of nuclear leaders slated to speak at the conference.
Click here to register for the meeting, which will take place November 9–12 in Washington, D.C., at the Washington Hilton. Be sure to do so before November 7 to take advantage of priority pricing.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Tuesday, November 14, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EST|Fairchild East/West
Session Chair:
Carlo Fiorina (TAMU)
Alternate Chair:
Nathan J. Roskoff
Session Organizer:
Massimiliano Fratoni (UCB)
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Impact of Reload Fuel Composition Uncertainty on Waste-Burning Stable Salt Reactor Operation
3:15–3:35PM EST
Seungug Jae (Univ. Michigan), Puran Deng (Univ. Michigan), Won Sik Yang (Univ. Michigan), Thanh Hua (ANL), Yan Cao (ANL)
Paper
Feasibility of RFBBs with Silicide Fuel and Sodium Coolant
3:35–3:55PM EST
Odmaa Sambuu (National Univ. Mongolia), HoangVan Khanh (Phenikaa Univ.), Toru Obara (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Candidate Data for Validation of Calculations for Systems Using High-Assay Low-Enrichment Uranium Fuel
3:55–4:15PM EST
Mark D. DeHart (INL), John D. Bess (JFoster & Assoc.), Germina Ilas (ORNL)
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Temperature Dependency of Multiplication Factor with Fuel Intrusion into Moderator in Serpent and SCALE
4:15–4:35PM EST
Ondrej Chvala (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin), Vlad Sobes (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Noah Walton (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
INL's MARVEL and MACS Reactivity Control Systems
4:35–4:55PM EST
Anthony L. Crawford (INL), Richard S. Bondurant (Orano Federal Services), Benjamin Baker (INL), Travis Lange (INL), Andrew Heim (INL), Yasir Arafat (INL), Troy Unruh (INL)
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