Winter Meeting & Expo 2017 Official Program Generations in Collaboration: Building for Tomorrow October 29-November 2, 2017 Washington, D.C. Marriott Wardman Park Winter Meeting & Expo Our most sincere thanks to our sponsors for their support of the 2017 Winter Meeting & Expo. GOLD SPONSORSHIP BRONZE SPONSORSHIP COPPER SPONSORSHIP OTHER SPONSORSHIP Table of Contents GENERAL MEETING INFORMATION Organizing Committee ................................................................................ 2 Daily Schedule .......................................................................................... 3-6 General Information .................................................................................. 7-10 PLENARY, SPECIAL SESSIONS & EVENTS Young Professionals Congress Sessions . ...................................................... 11 ANS President’s Opening Reception ........................................................... 11 Opening Plenary Session ........................................................................... 11 ANS President’s Special Session ................................................................ 11 Operations & Power Division Dinner ............................................................ 11 Student Poster Session ............................................................................. 12 General Chair’s Special Session ................................................................. 12 Speakers Bureau Workshop ........................................................................ 12 Focus on Communications Workshop .......................................................... 13 Fukushima Session ................................................................................... 13 Technical Tour: NIST Center for Neutron Research ....................................... 13 Technical Tour: Maryland University Training Reactor ................................... 13 Storm Capitol Hill ...................................................................................... 13 ANS WINTER 2017 TECHNICAL SESSIONS Technical Sessions by Division ............................................................................... 14-16 Technical Sessions by Day: Monday ....................................................................... 17-23 Technical Sessions by Day: Tuesday ....................................................................... 24-37 Technical Sessions by Day: Wednesday .................................................................. 38-52 Technical Sessions by Day: Thursday ..................................................................... 53-62 EMBEDDED TOPICAL MEETING Young Professionals Congress Officials . .................................................................. 63 Young Professionals Congress Sessions . ................................................................. 64-66 EXPO INFORMATION Exhibitors List ..................................................................................................... 72 Exhibit Hall Floorplan .......................................................................................... 72 Exhibitor Descriptions .......................................................................................... 73-75 ADDITIONAL Committee Meetings ............................................................................................ 67-69 Committee/Division/Other Meetings Daily ................................................................ 70-71 American Nuclear Society Organization Membership ................................................ 76 Hotel Floorplans .................................................................................................. 77 1 Organizing Committee Generations in Collaboration: Building for Tomorrow 2017 Winter Meeting GENERAL CHAIR: ASSISTANT GENERAL CHAIR: Ty Troutman Desmond W. Chan Bechtel Bechtel TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIR: ASSISTANT TECHNICAL STUDENT PROGRAM COCHAIR: Kenneth J. Geelhood PROGRAM CHAIR: Maria Molina Higgins PNNL Elia Merzari Virginia Commonwealth University Argonne National Laboratory STUDENT PROGRAM COCHAIR: MEDIA COCHAIR: MEDIA COCHAIR: Travis Dietz Mimi Limbach Brian C. Meeley University of Maryland Potomac Communications Group Potomac Communications Group TECHNICAL TOUR COCHAIR: TECHNICAL TOUR COCHAIR: Amber Johnson Eric Duvekot University of Maryland Porvair Filtration Group Inc. FINANCE COCHAIR: FINANCE COCHAIR: FINANCE COCHAIR: Colleen Deegan Jim Behrens Tom Snow Bechtel U.S. Navy-Ret. Dominion Energy 2 Daily Schedule Saturday, October 28 7:30-8:45 am YPC Continental Breakfast Lincoln 5 8:45 am-6:00 pm Young Professionals Congress Sessions Lincoln 2-4 2:00-5:00 pm Registration Convention Registration Foyer (Lobby Level) Sunday, October 29 7:00 am-7:00 pm Registration Convention Registration Foyer (Lobby Level) 6:00-8:00 pm ANS President’s Opening Reception in Technology Expo Exhibit Hall A 6:00-8:00 pm ANS Nuclear Technology Expo Exhibit Hall A Monday, October 30 7:00 am-5:00 pm Registration Convention Registration Foyer (Lobby Level) 7:00 am-5:00 pm ANS Nuclear Technology Expo Exhibit Hall A 7:30-8:00 am Morning Coffee Service Exhibit Hall A 8:00-11:40 am Opening Plenary: Generations in Collaboration: Building for Tomorrow Marriott 1, 2, 3 11:40 am-1:00 pm Luncheon in Technology Expo Exhibit Hall A 1:00-4:15 pm ANS Technical Sessions • Commercializing New Reactor Technologies—Fuel Cycle Implications and Challenges Delaware A • Molten Salt Processing-Online Processing Redox Delaware A • Past, Present and Future Validation Methods in International Criticality Safety Assessment Delaware B • Accident Tolerant Fuels Virginia A • Production and Applications of Isotopes and Radiation Virginia B • Perspectives on Diversity in the Nuclear Industry–Panel Virginia C • Current Issues in Computational Methods–Roundtable Maryland A • Best of NPIC-HMIT 2017—I: Advances in Instrumentation and Control–Panel Maryland C • Advanced Reactor Source Term, Radiological, and Accident Evaluations–Panel Maryland B • Nuclear Hybrid Energy Systems–Panel Washington 1 • Thermal-Hydraulic Collaborations in Industry, Academia and Labs–Panel Washington 2 • General Thermal Hydraulics—I Washington 3 • Dwight D. Eisenhower Award Special Session—I: Honoring the 2017 Award Recipients–Panel Washington 4 • Dwight D. Eisenhower Award Special Session—II: Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy–Panel Washington 4 • Student Design Competition Hoover • Nexus Between Ethics and Nuclear Safety Culture–Panel Coolidge • Reactor Physics: General—I Harding 2:45-3:00 pm Coffee Break Exhibit Hall A 4:30-6:40 pm ANS President’s Special Session Marriott 3 3 Daily Schedule Tuesday, October 31 7:00 am-5:00 pm Registration Convention Registration Foyer (Lobby Level) 7:00 am-5:00 pm ANS Nuclear Technology Expo Exhibit Hall A 7:30-8:00 am Morning Coffee Service Exhibit Hall A 8:00-11:40 am ANS Technical Sessions • Used Fuel Management Status–Panel Delaware A • Radiation Therapy, Standards, and Effects Delaware B • Advanced Measurement Techniques Virginia A • Critical and Subcritical Experiments Virginia B • Is a Start-up Right for You?–Panel Virginia C • Existing Nuclear as a Bridge to Advanced Nuclear–Panel Virginia C • Monte Carlo Methods Maryland A • Best of NPIC-HMIT 2017—II: Advances in Human Factors and Human- Machine Interface–Panel Maryland C • Radiation Protection and Shielding: General Maryland B • Thermal Energy Storage Systems and Their Integration with NPPs Washington 1 • Two-Phase Flow Fundamentals Washington 2 • General Thermal Hydraulics—II Washington 3 • Decommissioning Rulemaking Committee–Panel Washington 4 • Research by U.S. DOE NEUP-Sponsored Students—I Hoover • Technical Approach for Defense in Depth for Advanced Reactors–Panel Coolidge • U.S. and UK International Collaboration on Nuclear R&D—I–Panel Harding • U.S. and UK International Collaboration on Nuclear R&D—II Harding 9:20-9:35 am Coffee Break Exhibit Hall A 11:00 am-1:00 pm Student Poster Session in Technology Expo Exhibit Hall A 11:40 am-1:00 pm Luncheon in Technology Expo Exhibit Hall A 1:00-4:15 pm ANS Technical Sessions • The Need for Hot Cells for Nuclear R&D–Panel Delaware A • Recent Nuclear Criticality Safety Program Technical Accomplishments Delaware B • Nuclear Fuels and Materials in Fast Reactors Virginia A • Export Controls–Panel Virginia B • Fuel Cycle Analysis Virginia B • Perspectives on the ANS Congressional Fellowship–Panel Virginia C • Potent Policies: Understanding ANS Position Papers–Panel Virginia C • Deterministic Transport Methods Maryland A • Human Factors, Instrumentation, and Controls: General—I Maryland C • Reactor Physics Challenges in Molten Salt Reactor Design—I Maryland B • The GAIN Initiative for Advanced Nuclear Power Plants–Panel Washington 1 • Thermal Hydraulics for Nuclear Space Applications–Panel Washington 2 • Thermal Hydraulics of Advanced Reactors Washington 3 • International Decommissioning—I: Fukushima Washington 4 • Focus on Communications—I: Communicating with Policy Makers–Panel Hoover • Focus on Communications—II: Meet the Media–Panel Hoover • NRC Spent Fuel Pool Level 3 PRA Insights–Panel Coolidge • Reactor Analysis Methods—I Harding 2:45-3:00 pm Coffee Break Exhibit Hall A 4:30-6:40 pm General Chair’s Special Session: Career Opportunities for Next Generations of Nuclear Engineers and Scientists in Advanced Reactor Markets Marriott 3 4 Daily Schedule Wednesday, November 1 7:00 am-5:00 pm Registration Convention Registration Foyer (Lobby Level) 7:30-8:00 am Morning Coffee Service Ballroom Foyer 8:00-11:40