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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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Nuclear new build procurement considerations
It may seem counterintuitive, but the best time to enhance the ability to support operations and maintenance for a new plant is before construction starts. This is one of many lessons learned by the currently operating nuclear fleet. As construction and startup of many nuclear facilities was completed, it quickly became evident that the ability to efficiently support operations and maintenance was limited. Most of the information necessary to establish and manage procurement of spare and replacement items, maintenance, and configuration of the facilities was unavailable and had to be gathered on a case-by-case, “on-demand” basis. Absence of necessary information and the associated challenges resulted in the need for staff augmentation and multiyear-long projects to develop equipment bills of material and maintenance programs and to perform technical evaluations for the huge quantities of spare and replacement items being requested.
Technical Session|Lightning Talks
Thursday, October 10, 2024|8:00–9:45AM MDT|Room 5
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Extreme Values of Reactivity Worth Additions in the Advanced Test Reactor
8:00–8:07AM MDT
Nathan H. Manwaring (INL), Andrew D. Maile (INL)
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Temperature Heat sink Overpower Response (THOR) Assembly and Instrumentation Discussion
8:07–8:14AM MDT
Todd Birch (INL BEA)
The Role of Nuclear Science User Facilities in Nuclear Energy Materials Research and Development for Sustainable Nuclear Future
8:14–8:21AM MDT
Brenden J. Heidrich (INL), Rongjie Song (INL)
Using X-ray Computed Tomography for a Clean Energy Future
8:21–8:28AM MDT
William Chuirazzi (INL), Swapnil Morankar (INL), Rahul R. Kancharla (INL)
X-ray Diffraction at Idaho National Laboratory's Irradiated Materials Characterization Laboratory
8:28–8:35AM MDT
Brian Newell (INL), William Chuirazzi (INL)
Advanced Instrumentation Available for Efficient Operations of Advanced Reactors
8:35–8:42AM MDT
Troy Unruh (INL)
Post-Irradiation Examination of Tristructural Isotropic (TRISO) Fuel from the AGR-5/6/7 Campaign Using X-ray Computed Tomography
8:42–8:49AM MDT
Swapnil K. Morankar (INL), William C. Chuirazzi (INL), Rahul R. Kancharla (INL), Brian J. Gross (INL), John D. Stempien (INL)
Constrained Tomographic Reconstructions of Gamma Scans in AGR 5/6/7 Capsules
8:49–8:56AM MDT
Adriaan A. Riet (INL)
Mesoscale Thermophysical Property Characterization of Neutron Irradiated Tri-Structural Isotropic (TRISO) Fuel Particles
8:56–9:03AM MDT
Ethan J. Hisle (INL), Amey R. Khanolkar (INL), Tsvetoslav R. Pavlov (INL), Zilong Hua (INL), Riley S. Moeykens (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), John D. Stempien (INL)
Multiscale Thermal Simulation of Particle Fuel Compact Manufacturing Processes and Effects of Parameters
9:03–9:10AM MDT
William Hoffman (INL), Lynn Munday (INL), Benjamin Spencer (INL), Alexandra Raichart (INL), Benjamin Stoyer (INL)
Flow Accelerated Corrosion Tests Under Gas-Liquid Two-phase Flow in Horizontal Pipe and Comparison with Prediction Models
9:10–9:17AM MDT
Masaaki Satake (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)
Experimental Testing of Cantilever Precast Shear Walls Made of Modular Structural Concrete Insulated Panels with Socket Connection
9:17–9:24AM MDT
Manish Acharya (Idaho State), Tadesse G. Wakjira (Idaho State), Mustafa Mashal (Idaho State)
Influence of Joule Heating on the Stability of High Temperature Irradiation Resistant Thermocouples
9:24–9:31AM MDT
Richard S. Skifton (INL), Scott J. Riley (Boise State), Brandon King (Boise State), Allyssa Bateman (Boise State), Brian Jaques (Boise State)
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