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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 đŸeff 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-GarcĂa (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
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
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
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