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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.
Technical Session
Wednesday, May 18, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM EDT|Fountainview
Session Chair:
Nicolas Stauff (ANL)
Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni
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Overview of Recent SCALE Activities for Non-LWR Inventory and Decay Heat Analysis
William A. Wieselquist (ORNL), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Robert Kile (ORNL), Austin Lo (ORNL), Ugur Mertyurek (ORNL), Alex Shaw (ORNL), Steve Skutnik (ORNL), Erik Walker (ORNL)
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Cell Dancoff-Based Embedded Self-Shielding Capability for Doubly Heterogeneous Particulate Fuels in SCALE/Polaris
Byoung-kyu Jeon (Univ. Michigan), Won Sik Yang (Univ. Michigan), Hansol Park (Univ. Michigan), Kang Seog Kim (ORNL), Matthew A. Jessee (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
Neutronic Analysis of a PWR-Type SMR Core Using Duplex ThO2-UO2 in TRISO Fuel Particles
Jesús Rosales (Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México), Juan-Luis François (Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México), Carlos García (InSTEC)
Comparative Analysis of Energy Deposition Modes Available in Serpent 2 Within the Framework of the Supercritical Water Reactor -- Fuel Qualification Test Reactor Physics Benchmark
B. Babcsány (Budapest Univ. Technology and Economics), V. Giusti (Univ. Pisa), A. Moise (Institute for Nuclear Research), J. C. Chow (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories)
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