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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.
Romain Vauchy (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Masahiro Ogasawara (Inspection Development Co.), Tadahisa Yamada (Inspection Development Co.), Takeo Sunaoshi (Inspection Development Co.), Tetsuya Tamura (Inspection Development Co.), Yuta Horii (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Shun Hirooka (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Tatsutoshi Murakami (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Proceedings | Plutonium Futures - The Science 2024 | Charleston, SC, September 8-12, 2024 | Pages 96-96
