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Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025)

Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025

  • Full Issue

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Page 0

  • Analysis of Fuel Safety Issues in Boron-Free SMRs through Full-Core Simulation: Mitigation through Integrated Core Design and Fuel Analysis

    Chansoo Lee (Seoul National University), Kyuseok Shim (Seoul National University), Jooil Yoon (KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School), Hui-Jeong Jeong (KAERI), Youho Lee (Seoul National University)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 10-19

  • Economic Performance of a Low Power Density PWR-style SMR

    F. Ferella (Uppsala Univ.), M. Seidl (Westinghouse Electric Co.), F. Franceschini (Westinghouse Mangiarotti), A. Solders (Uppsala Univ.), C. Gustavsson (Uppsala Univ.), H. Sjostrand (Uppsala Univ.), U. Bergmann (Westinghouse Electric Co.), J. Kierkegaard (Westinghouse Electric Co.)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 20-30

  • Fine Group Structure Optimization for Pebble Bed Reactor Simulations

    Andrew P. Panter (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Hansol Park (ANL), Changho Lee (ANL), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 32-41

  • Sensitivity Study of đŸeff to Neutron Cross-Section Perturbations in a Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Using MOX and Metal Fuels

    Oyeon Kum (KIRAMS)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 42-51

  • A Breed-and-Burn Strategy Proposal for Mizton, a Heat Pipe-Cooled Microreactor

    Emiliano Morones-García (UNAM), Juan-Luis François (UNAM)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 52-60

  • SCALE Modeling and Inventory Generation for a Generic TRISO-Fueled Heat Pipe Micro Reactor

    Donny Hartanto (ORNL), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Georgeta Radulescu (ORNL), Tarek Ghaddar (ORNL), Rabab Elzohery (ORNL), William Wieselquist (ORNL)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 61-66

  • MARIE: A Python-Based Framework for Comprehensive Fuel Recycling Modeling

    Steve E. Skutnik (ORNL), Randy Ngelale (ORNL), Laura Arias Chavez (ORNL), Robert A. Lefebvre (ORNL), Jin Whan Bae (ORNL), Brianna Hiscox (ORNL), Leigh Martin (ORNL), Andrew Worrall (ORNL)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 70-79

  • MOX and UOx Fuel Multi Recycling in Pressurized Water Reactors

    Hervé Billat (EDF), Enrico Girardi (EDF R&D), Francois-Xavier de Cordoue (EDF), Loic Pussard (EDF), Guillaume Vaast (EDF), Badiaa Amekraz (Framatome)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 80-90

  • Selective Conversion of Transuranic Oxides to Species Soluble in Molten Chloride Salt - Validation of the First Stage of the WATSS Recycling Process

    J. P. Zuniga (Moltex Energy), I. Scott (Moltex Energy), O. Gregoire (Moltex Energy), A. D. Warren (Moltex Energy), R. Brown (Moltex Energy), G. Cota-Sanchez (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), L. Bradford (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), D. Cluff (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), K. Kovack (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), D. Poff (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), R. O'Sullivan (Moltex Energy)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 91-100

  • Modeling a Thermal-Spectrum LEU-fueled Molten Salt Reactor Co-fueled with Thorium in SCALE 6.3.1 and Serpent-2

    C. Erika Moss (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Ondrej Chvala (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Donny Hartanto (ORNL), John P. Carter (INL)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 101-109

  • Sensitivity of RPT Homogenization of Double-Heterogeneous Fuels to Reactor Characteristics Variation

    Nicholas F. Herring (Veracity Nuclear), Benjamin S. Collins (Veracity Nuclear)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 112-121

  • Implementation of a Fuel-Cladding Chemical Interaction Model for Metallic U-Zr and U-Pu-Zr Fuels for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactors in FAST

    Dylan Wray (PNNL), Ken Geelhood (PNNL), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 122-131

  • Analysis of Plutonium and Minor Actinides Generation in Pebble Bed Modular Reactors

    G. Alonso (ININ), R. C. Lopez (ININ), E. Martinez (ININ)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 132-139

  • Deep Learning Application for Thermal Limit Bias Predictions in BWRs

    Jeremy Barnhart (Constellation), Anirudh Tunga (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jonathan Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs), James Tusar (Constellation)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 144-153

  • Use of Machine Learning to Address Moisture Carryover (MCO) in Boiling Water Reactors

    Victoria Micallef (Constellation), Sanchari Banerjee (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jonathan Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs), James Tusar (Constellation)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 154-163

  • Spacer Relocation Signature for GNF3 Fuel Assemblies with Raised Water Rods

    Jonathan Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs), Baris Sarikaya (Constellation), James Tusar (Constellation), Michael Mueterthies (Blue Wave AI Labs)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 164-172

  • Improving Core Observables with Entropy-Based Debiasing Inference Methodology

    Atul Karve (Global Nuclear Fuel), Ayden Cohn (GE Hitachi), Roger Doles (Global Nuclear Fuel), Hany Abdel-Khalik (Purdue Univ.)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 173-182

  • Thermal Limit Modeling for Core Design in Boiling Water Reactors Using Deterministic and Machine Learning Approaches

    M. Rizki Oktavian (Blue Wave AI Labs), Michael J. Mueterthies (Blue Wave AI Labs), Charles Karlson (Blue Wave AI Labs), Maria Berardi (Blue Wave AI Labs), Anirudh Tunga (Blue Wave AI Labs), Phil McCalley (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jordan Heim (Blue Wave AI Labs), Antti Kankkunen (Blue Wave AI Labs), J. Thomas Gruenwald (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jonathan Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 184-193

  • Design of Boiling Water Reactor Equilibrium Cycles using Genetic Algorithms with PARCS and Neural Network Surrogates

    Michael J. Mueterthies (Blue Wave AI Labs), M. Rizki Oktavian (Blue Wave AI Labs), Maria Berardi (Blue Wave AI Labs), Charles Karlson (Blue Wave AI Labs), Nathanael Hudson (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Peter Yarsky (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Nazila Tehrani (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Randall Dunavant (Southern Nuclear Co.), Aaron Phillippe (Southern Nuclear Co.), Ashley Thompson (Southern Nuclear Co.), Phil McCalley (Blue Wave AI Labs), Anirudh Tunga (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jordan Heim (Blue Wave AI Labs), Antti Kankkunen (Blue Wave AI Labs), J. Thomas Gruenwald (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jonathan Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 194-206

  • Investigation on Dimension Reduction Techniques for Visualization of Reactor Core Design Space

    Juan C. Luque-Gutierrez (NCSU), Jake Mikouchi-Lopez (NCSU), Jason Hou (NCSU)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 207-215

  • Development of CIPS Prediction Model of Nuclear Reactor Core Operation by Applying ViT and Encoder-Decoder

    Dongmin Yun (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Sang-Rae Moon (KHNP-CRI), Sung Jin Jeong (Pusan Nat'l Univ.), Hyun Chul Lee (Pusan Nat'l Univ.), Jihun Kim (BotBot Inc.), Ji Woo Lee (Universal Co.), Deokjung Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 216-225

  • The CONCORS Software Method for Coupled Code Simulation

    Matthew Adler (Studsvik), Jeffrey Borkowski (Studsvik), Lotfi Belblidia (Studsvik)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 230-239

  • Recent Developments and Applications of the SOSA Shuffling Sequence Code

    P. H. Wakker (NRG PALLAS), M. P. Brinkman (NRG PALLAS), H. P. M. Gibcus (NRG PALLAS)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 240-247

  • Extension of the In-Core Shuffling Algorithm to PWRs in MARLA

    Dave Knott (Studsvik), Christian Oyarzun (Studsvik), Tung D.C. Nguyen (Studsvik), Jeffrey Borkowski (Studsvik)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 248-257

  • Novel Evolutionary Algorithm for Solution of Multicycle Core and Fuel Design Optimization

    David Kropaczek (Veracity Nuclear), Benjamin Collins (Veracity Nuclear), Aaron Graham (Veracity Nuclear), Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 258-264

  • Reinforcement Learning for BWR Core-Level Fuel Management

    Loukas Carayannopoulos (MIT), Michael Holmes (Constellation), Nicholas Szewczyk (Constellation), Kathryn Biegel (Constellation), James Tusar (Constellation), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 265-274

  • Review of the InCore Nuclear Fuel Management over the Operating Life of a PWR NPP

    Juan Antonio Bermejo (CNAT), Alberto Ortego (CNAT), Juan Carlos Martines-Murillo (CNAT)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 276-285

  • Multi-Cycle Core Design Optimization with Multiple Input and Output Constraints

    Aaron M. Graham (Veracity Nuclear), Benjamin S. Collins (Veracity Nuclear), David Kropaczek (Veracity Nuclear)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 286-296

  • Design Methods to Reduce Risk of Crud-Induced Power Shift in Pressurized Water Reactors Case Study

    Alexandra R. Dixon (Duke Energy)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 297-303

  • Optimizing Boiling Water Reactor Fuel Cycle Economics under Steam Dryer Performance Constraints with the aid of a Machine-Learning based Moisture Carryover Predictive Tool

    Aaron Phillippe (Southern Nuclear Co.), Jackie Golabek (Southern Nuclear Co.), Randy Dunavant (Southern Nuclear Co.), Johnathan Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs), Sanchari Banerjee (Blue Wave AI Labs)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 304-312

  • Extended Fuel Cycle Optimization of a Generic B&W PWR Using Gadolinia Burnable Poison Only

    Zachary D. Bevans (NCSU), Scott P. Palmtag (NCSU)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 313-322

  • COPERNICUS -- Optimization Code for PWR Design and Analysis

    Tung D.C. Nguyen (Studsvik), Dave Knott (Studsvik), Christian Oyarzun (Studsvik), Jeffrey Borkowski (Studsvik)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 326-334

  • FARGO - Integrated Lattice and Loading Pattern Optimization, Overview and Example Application

    G. Hobson (Framatome)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 335-343

  • ROSA-BWR: Optimization Software for Boiling Water Reactor In-Core Fuel Management

    Matteo Gamarino (NRG PALLAS), Pieter H. Wakker (NRG PALLAS)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 344-353

  • Best-Estimate Enhanced Option III - A Non-parametric Statistical Analysis of BWR Stability Events

    C. Myers (Framatome), D. Tinkler (Framatome)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 356-364

  • Validation of Axpo's SIMULATE-3K Models against Stability Measurements of Leibstadt Nuclear Power Plant

    A. Dokhane (Axpo), A. Noel (Axpo), G. Malavasi (Axpo), S. Baumgartner (Axpo), D. Chionis (Axpo)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 365-374

  • Westinghouse Extended Operating Domain Stability (WEOD-S) Solution

    Camilla S. Rotander (Westinghouse Electric Sweden)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 375-382

  • Olkiluoto 3 EPR Cycle 1 Core Physics Tests and Flux Maps Evaluation with SIMULATE5

    J. Kumpula (TVO), V. Hynönen (TVO), T. LamminpÀÀ (TVO), L. Rintala (TVO), M. I. K. Santala (TVO), M. Dahlfors (TVO)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 386-395

  • Analyzes of Startup Physics Tests in Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant

    Shi Jianfeng (SNERDI), Fei Jingran (SNERDI), Yang Bo (SNERDI), Bi Guangwen (SNERDI), Du Chao (CNPO), Qian Zhongyou (Sanmen Nuclear Power Co.), Li Ang (CNPO)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 396-403

  • Watts Bar Unit 2 Cycle 1 Predictions using PARAGON2/ANC Code System

    James N. Laird (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Hudson Watkins (Westinghouse Electric Co.)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 404-410

  • Applicability of MHI Nuclear Design Code System GalaxyCosmo-SÂź for PWR Core Analysis After Long Shutdown Periods

    Hiroki Koike (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Kazuya Yamaji (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Kosuke Hiramatsu (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Masato Yamamoto (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Koji Asano (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Daisuke Sato (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 411-420

  • High-Burnup BWR LOCA Burst Analysis Framework Development

    Ian Greenquist (ORNL), Nathan Capps (ORNL), Mehdi Asgari (ORNL), Aaron Wysocki (ORNL), Shane Henderson (ORNL), Robert Salko Jr. (ORNL), Baris Sarikaya (Constellation), James Tusar (Constellation), Ian Porter (GE Vernova Inc)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 424-433

  • Neutronic Performance Analysis of 60 MWe Small Modular Reactor Core with LEU+ Fuels and GdN Coating Burnable Absorbers

    Seung Hyeon Choi (Hanyang Univ.), Ser Gi Hong (Hanyang Univ.)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 434-442

  • Cycle Optimization for a 4-loop PWR Using Multicycle Constraint Annealing

    Zachary D. Bevans (NCSU), Aidan Furlong (NCSU), Scott P. Palmtag (NCSU)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 443-452

  • Neutronic Analysis for Accident Tolerant Fuel and Control Rod Loaded APR- 1400 with STREAM/RAST-K 2.0 code

    Eun Jeong (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Deokjung Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 453-462

  • PWR Reload Core Design and Licensing Strategies for HALEU and High Burnup

    Bradley Balltrip (Southern Nuclear Co.), Matthew Leonard (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Radu Pomirleanu (Westinghouse Electric Co.)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 463-468

  • Improved Instrumentation Analytics for GNF Core Monitoring System

    Xavier Mouney (Global Nuclear Fuel), Roger Doles (Global Nuclear Fuel), Atul Karve (Global Nuclear Fuel)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 470-479

  • ARGOS Core Follow and Prediction Features - Nuclear Operator Experiences

    L. Ackermann (Framatome), S. Merk (Framatome)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 480-489

  • Application of Mitsubishi Core Monitoring System VISION for Core Management of Japanese PWR Plants

    Kosuke Hiramatsu (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Hiroki Koike (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Masafumi Matsui (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Yohei Kamiyama (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Yusuke Himuro (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Koji Asano (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 490-499

  • Safety Analysis Technical Considerations for Achieving PWR Cycle Extensions: Part I

    Tom Kindred (Southern Nuclear), Sam Lafountain (Southern Nuclear), Tim Collart (Southern Nuclear), Kevin Barber (Westinghouse Electric Co.)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 502-511

  • Simple Models for Predicting the Feed Assembly Need and Assembly Burnup in Boiling Water Reactors

    Rasmus Renberg (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), Erik Dalborg (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 512-518

  • Low Enrichment 2-Year Fuel Cycle to Mitigate MCO

    Shea McCarthy (Constellation), James Tusar (Constellation), Stephanie Alford (Constellation), Dale Bradish (Constellation)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 519-527

  • AP1000 PWR Simulations using PARAGON2/ANC Code System

    Baxter G. Durham (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Terry L. Signorella (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Ho Q. Lam (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Kevin Pierce (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Adrianna Kwiecien (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jason Behrens (Southern Nuclear Co.), Dang Ho (Southern Nuclear Co.)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 530-539

  • Comparison of CMS5 Predictions to KONVOI Neutron Flux Map Measurements

    Emiliya L. Georgieva (Studsvik), Marcus Seidl (PreussenElektra), Tamer Bahadir (Studsvik)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 540-548

  • SIMULATE5-K Coupling Interface to Thermal-Hydraulics System Codes

    Matthew Adler (Studsvik), Gerardo Grandi (Studsvik), Tamer Bahadir (Studsvik), Jeffrey Borkowski (Studsvik)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 549-556

  • Startup Tests of Barakah Nuclear Power Plant: Measurements vs. Predictions

    Eissa Alkindi (ENEC), Rashed Al Maqdahi (ENEC)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 557-562

  • Python-based Reload Optimization Framework for SIMULATE-3 and Mlrose

    James W. Carnal (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Noah M. Marks (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 564-574

  • Core Design Optimization of a Soluble-Boron-Free Small Modular Pressurized Water Reactor with ROSA

    Henk P. M. Gibcus (NRG PALLAS), Bright M. Mweetwa (Bangor Univ.), Matteo Gamarino (NRG PALLAS), Frank C. M. Verhagen (NRG PALLAS), Pieter H. Wakker (NRG PALLAS), Marat Margulis (Univ. Derby)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 575-584

  • A Parametric Study of Genetic Algorithm using IPWR Core Design

    Jake Mikouchi-Lopez (NCSU), Jaun C. Luque-Gutierrez (NCSU), Mitch Edney (NCSU), Jason Hou (NCSU)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 585-594

  • Implementation of Fuel Management Capabilities for Multi-cycle Optimization in RAVEN

    Juan C. Luque-Gutierrez (NCSU), Junyung Kim (INL), Congjian Wang (INL), Nicholas Rollins (NCSU), Svetlana Lawrence (INL), Mohammad G. Abdo (INL), Jason Hou (NCSU)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 595-604

  • Fuel Assembly Lattice Designs using High Enrichment and Hybrid Burnable Absorbers - Zirconium Diboride and Gadolinia

    Damon Bryson (Duke Energy)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 608-616

  • BISON Modeling of ZIRLO Cladding for Reactivity Initiated Accident Separate Effects

    Landry D. Wells (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 617-624

  • A Soluble Boron-Free Core Design Having Cr-coated GdN-CBA for Load-Following Operation with Two Control Rod Designs

    Woo Jin Lee (Hanyang Univ.), Sung Hyun Cho (Hanyang Univ.), Ser Gi Hong (Hanyang Univ.)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 625-633

  • Evaluation of Framatome Shielding Fuel Assemblies in the Swedish Nuclear Power Plant Ringhals 3

    L. Ackermann (Framatome), C. Möllmer (Framatome), J. Peucker (Framatome)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 634-643

  • Pin Placement Optimization for Single and Dual Gadolinia Loading Patterns in Pressurized Water Reactor Fuel Assemblies

    Danielle Harris (Duke Energy)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 644-653

  • Peacock: A Monte Carlo Transport Code with Depletion for Reactor Modeling

    William C. Dawn (Studsvik), Charles Wemple (Studsvik)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 658-666

  • Studsvik's Core Management System 5: Overview and Recent Developments

    R. Ferrer (Studsvik), J. Hykes (Studsvik), T. Bahadir (Studsvik), G. Grandi (Studsvik), T. Simeonov (Studsvik), J. Rhodes III (Studsvik)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 667-678

  • Sensitivity Study of Epithermal Resonance Up-scattering Using the SCALE/Polaris-PARCS Code Procedure for LWR Physics Analysis

    Kang-Seog Kim (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 679-687

  • A Low-memory Eigenvalue Sensitivity Calculation Method for Deterministic Neutron Transport

    Rufus Neame (Univ. Cambridge), Paul Cosgrove (Univ. Cambridge)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 688-697

  • SCALE 6.3 Enhancements to the Polaris Lattice Physics Code for Light-Water Reactor Confirmatory Analysis

    Matthew A. Jessee (ORNL), Ugur Mertyurek (ORNL), Kang Seong Kim (ORNL), Shane W. D. Hart (ORNL), Andrew M. Holcomb (ORNL), Jin Whan Bae (ORNL), Byoung Kyu Jeon (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 698-707

  • A Whole-Core Multiphysics Microreactor Simulator

    Aaron M. Graham (Veracity Nuclear), Micah Best (Veracity Nuclear), Benjamin S. Collins (Veracity Nuclear), David Kropaczek (Veracity Nuclear), Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 710-720

  • Development Status of STREAM3D-GPU: a GPU-enabled Neutron Transport Code for Large PWR Simulation

    Siarhei Dzianisau (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Fathurrahman Setiawan (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Hyungwoo Sohn (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Deokjung Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 721-730

  • Recent Advances in MPACT for TRISO-fueled Microreactor Analysis

    Sooyoung Choi (Univ. Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Vefa Kucukboyaci (Westinghouse Electric Co.)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 731-740

  • Whole Core Reactor High Fidelity Calculations using the RAPID Code System

    Brian Stroh (Virginia Tech), Alireza Haghighat (Virginia Tech)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 741-750

  • Verification of CMS5 for Higher Enrichment and High Burnup PWR Core Design

    Rodolfo Ferrer (Studsvik), William C. Dawn (Studsvik), Tamer Bahadir (Studsvik)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 752-761

  • Validation of CMS5 against Otto Hahn Critical Experiment Benchmark

    Tamer Bahadir (Studsvik), Rodolfo M. Ferrer (Studsvik)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 762-771

  • Evaluation of GNF's Advanced Core Simulator Performance for Modern BWR Core Designs

    Virinder Sandhu (Global Nuclear Fuel), John Hannah (Global Nuclear Fuel), Belgacem Hizoum (Global Nuclear Fuel), Brandon LaFleur (Global Nuclear Fuel), Yuxuan Liu (GE Hitachi), Leonid Pogosbekyan (Global Nuclear Fuel), Anthony Reese (Global Nuclear Fuel)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 772-781

  • Benchmarking CASMO5 against Monte Carlo for PWR Lattices with Higher U-235 Enrichments

    Joshua Hykes (Studsvik), Rodolfo Ferrer (Studsvik)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 782-791

  • CASMO5 Analysis of Kurchatov Critical Experiments with 7.5-10% Enrichment

    Joshua Hykes (Studsvik), Rodolfo Ferrer (Studsvik)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 792-800

  • Functional Expansion Tallies for Kinetic Monte Carlo Variance Reduction

    Martin Skretteberg (Univ. Cambridge), Paul Cosgrove (Univ. Cambridge), Mikolaj A. Kowalski (Univ. Cambridge)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 802-811

  • VERA-Enabled Monte Carlo Solutions for the Watts Bar Benchmark Problem

    Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear), Benjamin Collins (Veracity Nuclear)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 812-821

  • VERA-Enabled High-Fidelity Excore Transport Applications with Shift

    Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear), Benjamin Collins (Veracity Nuclear)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 822-831

  • The ENDF/B Nuclear Data Library and its Impact on Reactor Simulations

    Gustavo P.A. Nobre (Brookhaven), David A. Brown (Brookhaven)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 834-842

  • GNF's BWR Core Tracking Observations with Recent ENDF/B and JENDL Releases

    Yuxuan Liu (GE Hitachi), John Hannah (Global Nuclear Fuel), Virinder Sandhu (Global Nuclear Fuel), Abigail Davis (Global Nuclear Fuel), Leonid Pogosbekyan (Global Nuclear Fuel)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 843-852

  • Nuclear Data Usage at Studsvik Scandpower and Future Needs from ENDF/B-IX

    C. A. Wemple (Studsvik), R. M. Ferrer (Studsvik), T. T. Simeonov (Studsvik), J. M. Hykes (Studsvik), W. C. Dawn (Studsvik), J. D. Rhodes (Studsvik)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 853-860

  • Comparison of ENDF/B Libraries for Sodium Fast Reactor Models

    Abigail Davis (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), Jacob Bartel (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), Zhiwen Xu (Terrapower)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 861-870

  • Benchmark of SIMULATE5-K Against Frigg Loop Experiments

    Gerardo Grandi (Studsvik)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 872-881

  • Improvement of the Cross-Section Reconstruction Model in PWR Core Calculation Code

    Kento Yamamoto (Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd.), Yasuhiro Kodama (Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd.), Koji Ito (Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd.), Hideaki Hyoudou (Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd.), Go Chiba (Hokkaido Univ.), Yuya Inagaki (Hokkaido Univ.)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 882-891

  • Verification of Nodal Transient Code SIMULATE5-K against the NEACRP Control Rod Ejection Accident Benchmark

    P. Mala (Studsvik), T. Bahadir (Studsvik), G. M. Grandi (Studsvik)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 892-901

  • Progression Problems for the Verification of Optimization Code Performance

    David Kropaczek (Veracity Nuclear), Benjamin Collins (Veracity Nuclear), Aaron Graham (Veracity Nuclear), Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 902-912

  • Simulating Challenging BWR Operation Conditions with CMS5

    Petri Forslund Guimarães (Studsvik), Tamer Bahadir (Studsvik), Christian Jönsson (Studsvik), Joshua Hykes (Studsvik), Rodolfo Ferrer (Studsvik)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 914-923

  • BWR Control Blade Depletion Modeling with SIMULATE5

    Tamer Bahadir (Studsvik)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 924-933

  • Acceleration of 3D Nodal Diffusion Code RAST-K for Transient Analysis using Memory Access Pattern Optimization and Parallelization

    Hyungwoo Sohn (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Jinsu Park (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Deokjung Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 934-943

  • APEX: An Efficient and Fast-Running Simulator for Multicycle Core Analysis

    David Kropaczek (Veracity Nuclear), Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear), Benjamin Collins (Veracity Nuclear), Aaron Graham (Veracity Nuclear)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 944-953

  • CIPS Index Predictions for Fixed Incore Detection Systems

    Benjamin S. Collins (Veracity Nuclear), Cole Gentry (Veracity Nuclear), Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear), Dave J. Kropaczek (Veracity Nuclear)

    Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 954-963

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