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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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Discovering, Making, and Testing New Materials: SRNL’s Center For Hierarchical Waste Form Materials
Savannah River National Laboratory researchers are building on the laboratory’s legacy of using cutting-edge science to effectively immobilize nuclear waste in innovative ways. As part of the Center for Hierarchical Waste Form Materials, SRNL is leveraging its depth of experience in radiological waste management to explore new frontiers in the industry.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|8:00–9:45AM CDT|Room 4
Session Chair:
Emily R. Shemon
Alternate Chair:
Nicolas E. Stauff
Session Organizer:
Elia Merzari
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Deimos: Establishment of a New Advanced Reactor Testbed
8:00–8:10AM CDT
Theresa E. Cutler (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Kristin N. Stolte (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Holly R. Trellue (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Alexis Maldonado (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Rene G. Sanchez (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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Multiphysics Simulation of TRISO Fuel Compacts and the Effects of Homogenization on Fission Products Release
8:10–8:20AM CDT
Aya Hegazy (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), April Novak (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Pierre-Clément Simon (Idaho National Laboratory), Rizwan Uddin (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
CoreForge: A Python Library for Reactor Model Construction
8:20–8:30AM CDT
Cole A. Gentry (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Nicholas P. Luciano (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Kevin T. Clarno (University of Texas at Austin)
Bison Thermo-mechanical Analysis for the Heated Region for the Deimos Test
8:30–8:40AM CDT
Abraham Haggerty (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Christopher Matthews (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Alex Levinsky (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Alexis Maldonado (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Theresa E. Cutler (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Atomic Insights: AI Topic Modelling Intelligence
8:40–8:50AM CDT
Tyler Rankin (Ontario Power Generation), Stuart Wing (Ontario Power Generation)
Expanding Mathematical and Computational Models for innovative SMR-based Smart Net-Zero City
8:50–9:00AM CDT
Son Jeong-ok (Korea Hydro&Nuclear Power Co., Ltd), Jang You-Hyun (Korea Hydro&Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.), Shin Ho-Cheol (Korea Hydro&Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.)
The First Four Decades of ANS Nuclear Criticality Transactions Paper Summaries
9:00–9:10AM CDT
Brian L. Koponen (Golden Valley Publications), John Fabian (American Nuclear Society)
Deimos Critical Experiment for High Assay Low Enriched Uranium
9:10–9:20AM CDT
Holly R. Trellue (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Theresa E. Cutler (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Alexis Maldonado (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Kristin N. Stolte (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Comparison of Dose Calculation Methods Used at Savannah River Site's H-Canyon
9:20–9:30AM CDT
Donald B. Beeson (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions), Scott Martin (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions)
Using Machine Learning to Help Develop Nuclear Criticality Safety Evaluations
9:30–9:40AM CDT
Anneli Brackbill (University of Tennessee, Knoxville), Vladimir Sobes (University of Tennessee, Knoxville), James J. Kuropatwinski (Los Alamos National Lab), Isaac J. Michaud (Los Alamos National Lab)
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