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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EST|Gunston East/West
Session Chair:
David Chandler
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Donny Hartanto (ORNL)
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The 2023 Status Update on the LEU Conversion of the NBSR
10:00–10:20AM EST
Abdullah G. Weiss (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Osman S. Celikten (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Dagistan Sahin (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Anil Gurgen (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Thomas H. Newton (NIST Center for Neutron Research)
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Status of Neutronic Model Improvements for the NBSR LEU Conversion -- BNL Support
10:20–10:40AM EST
Cihang Lu (Brookhaven), Peter Kohut (Brookhaven), Athi Varuttamaseni (Brookhaven), Lap-Yan Cheng (Brookhaven), Arantxa Cuadra (Brookhaven)
Nuclear Data Uncertainty -- Impact on Keff for the NBSR
10:40–11:00AM EST
Cihang Lu (Brookhaven), Caroline Sears (Brookhaven), Arantxa Cuadra (Brookhaven), Lap-Yan Cheng (Brookhaven), Peter Kohut (Brookhaven), Athi Varuttamaseni (Brookhaven)
Fuel Conversion Efforts at the High Flux Isotope Reactor -- A 2023 Status Update
11:00–11:20AM EST
C. Sizemore (ORNL), K. Burg (ORNL), D. Chandler (ORNL), J.W. Bae (ORNL), D. Hartanto (ORNL), C.J. Hurt (ORNL), Z.A. Bacon (ORNL), K. Borowiec (ORNL), V.D. Fudurich (ORNL), P.K. Jain (ORNL), W. C. Lowe (ORNL), E.L. Popov (ORNL)
Establishing the Impact of HFIR LEU Conversion Through a Comprehensive Set of Reactor Physics Studies
11:20–11:40AM EST
D. Chandler (ORNL), D. Hartanto (ORNL), J.W. Bae (ORNL), K.M. Burg (ORNL), C. Sizemore (ORNL)
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