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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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ANS joins others in seeking to discuss SNF/HLW impasse
The American Nuclear Society joined seven other organizations to send a letter to Energy Secretary Christopher Wright on July 8, asking to meet with him to discuss “the restoration of a highly functioning program to meet DOE’s legal responsibility to manage and dispose of the nation’s commercial and legacy defense spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW).”
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Thursday, December 2, 2021|3:05–4:50PM EST |Gunston
Session Chair:
Tim Crook (MCR Performance Solutions)
Alternate Chair:
Erin Wehlage (Studsvik Scandpower)
Session Organizer:
W. Neal Mann (ANL)
Student Assistant:
David Reger
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The Fast Modular Reactor (FMR) Pre-Application Regulatory Engagement Plan
3:10–3:30PM EST
Chun Fu (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), Hangbok Choi (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), John Bolin (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems)
Paper
Monte Carlo Analysis of Coolant Stream Impurity Gamma Emissions for Fuel Failure Monitoring in Generation IV Gas-Cooled Fast Reactors
3:30–3:50PM EST
Londrea Garrett (Univ. of Michigan), Milos Burger (Univ. of Michigan), Adam Burak (Univ. of Michigan), Victor Petrov (Univ. of Michigan), Annalisa Manera (Univ. of Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. of Michigan), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Igor Jovanovic (Univ. of Michigan)
NERTHUS MSR Neutronics Model
3:50–4:10PM EST
Jarod Richardson (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Ondrej Chvala (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville)
Joining of FeCrAl Based Alloys for Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Applications
4:10–4:30PM EST
Brandon Bohanon (Univ. of New Mexico), Shuprio Ghosh (Univ. of New Mexico), Cemal Cakez (Univ. of New Mexico), Khaled Talaat (Univ. of New Mexico), Md Mehadi Hassan (Univ. of New Mexico), Osman Anderoglu (Univ. of New Mexico), Keith Woloshun (LANL), Stuart Maloy (LANL), Cetin Unal (LANL)
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