Winter Meeting & Expo 2018 Official Program Joining Forces to Advance Nuclear November 11-15, 2018 Orlando, FL Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek Winter Meeting & Expo Our most sincere thanks to our sponsors for their support of the 2018 Winter Meeting & Expo. GOLD SPONSORSHIP SILVER SPONSORSHIP BRONZE SPONSORSHIP COPPER SPONSORSHIP Table of Contents GENERAL MEETING INFORMATION Meeting Officials .................................................................................................. 2 Daily Schedule ..................................................................................................... 3-6 General Information ............................................................................................. 7-9 PLENARY, SPECIAL SESSIONS & EVENTS ANS President’s Opening Reception ...................................................................... 10 Opening Plenary Session ...................................................................................... 10 ANS President’s Special Session ........................................................................... 10 Operations & Power Division (OPD) Dinner .............................................................. 10 Student Poster Session in Technology Expo ............................................................ 11 General Chair’s Special Session ............................................................................ 11 Focus on Communications Workshop ..................................................................... 11 Technical Tours .................................................................................................... 12 ANS WINTER 2018 TECHNICAL SESSIONS Technical Sessions by Division ............................................................................... 13-14 Technical Sessions by Day: Monday ....................................................................... 15-20 Technical Sessions by Day: Tuesday ....................................................................... 21-30 Technical Sessions by Day: Wednesday .................................................................. 31-38 Technical Sessions by Day: Thursday ..................................................................... 39-41 EMBEDDED TOPICAL MEETING: ANTPC ANTPC Officials . .................................................................................................. 42 ANTPC Schedule at a Glance . ............................................................................... 42 ANTPC Sessions . ................................................................................................. 43-47 EMBEDDED TOPICAL MEETING: ATH ATH Opening Plenary ............................................................................................ 10 ATH Keynote—I . .................................................................................................. 11 ATH Keynote—II . ................................................................................................. 11 ATH Technical Achievement Award Lecture . ........................................................... 11 ATH Keynote—III . ................................................................................................ 12 ATH Officials . ...................................................................................................... 48 ATH Schedule at a Glance . ................................................................................... 48 ATH Sessions . ..................................................................................................... 49-56 EMBEDDED TOPICAL MEETING: TOFE TOFE Student Paper Competition .......................................................................... 10 TOFE Plenary—I ................................................................................................... 11 TOFE Plenary—II .................................................................................................. 11 TOFE Plenary—III ................................................................................................. 12 TOFE Officials . .................................................................................................... 57 TOFE Schedule at a Glance . ................................................................................. 57 TOFE Sessions . ................................................................................................... 58-66 EXPO INFORMATION Exhibitor Listing .................................................................................................. 72 Exhibit Hall Floorplan .......................................................................................... 72 Exhibitor Descriptions .......................................................................................... 73-75 ADDITIONAL Committee Meetings ............................................................................................. 67-69 Committee/Division/Other Meetings Daily ................................................................ 70-71 ANS Organization Members ................................................................................... 76 Hotel Floorplans ................................................................................................... 77 1 Organizing Committee Joining Forces to Advance Nuclear 2018 Winter Meeting GENERAL CHAIR: ASSISTANT GENERAL CHAIR Daniel Churchman & FINANCE COCHAIR: Southern Nuclear Corporation Donald Hoffman EXCEL Services Corporation TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIR: ASSISTANT TECHNICAL ASSISTANT TECHNICAL John D. Bess PROGRAM COCHAIR: PROGRAM COCHAIR: Idaho National Laboratory Robert Margolis Gokul Vasudevamurthy Florida Power & Light General Atomics STUDENT PROGRAM COCHAIR: STUDENT PROGRAM COCHAIR: Victoria Hagopian Andrew Conant Pennsylvania State University Georgia Institute of Technology MEDIA CHAIR: TECHNICAL TOUR CHAIR Frances Damian & FINANCE COCHAIR: Southern Nuclear Corporation Brett Rampal Clean Air Task Force 2 Daily Schedule Sunday, November 11 7:00 am-7:00 pm Registration Bonnet Creek Foyer 6:00-8:00 pm ANS President’s Opening Reception in Technology Expo Bonnet Creek Salon VII-IX 6:00-8:00 pm ANS Nuclear Technology Expo Bonnet Creek Salon VII-IX Monday, November 12 7:00 am-5:00 pm Registration Bonnet Creek Foyer 7:00 am-4:00 pm ANS Nuclear Technology Expo Bonnet Creek Salon VII-IX 7:30-8:00 am Continental Breakfast in Technology Expo Bonnet Creek Salon VII-IX 8:00-11:00 am Opening Plenary Floridian Ballroom A –F 11:00 am-1:00 pm Luncheon in Technology Expo Bonnet Creek Salon VII-IX 1:00-3:35 pm ANS Technical Sessions • Current Issues in Computational Methods–Roundtable Floridian G • Nuclear Fuels Floridian H • National Meetings: How National and topical Meetings are Organized and Executed–Panel Floridian I • Advanced Gen-IV Reactors—I Floridian J • Isotopes and Radiation: General—I Floridian K • NCS Implementation Programs–Panel Floridian L • ENDF/B-VIII.0: Evaluation and Validation–Panel Floridian L • International Research Towards Key Improvements within the Closed Fuel Cycle–Panel Bonnet Creek III • Radiation Protection and Shielding: General—I Bonnet Creek IV • Current Issues in LWR Core Design and Reactor Engineering Support–Panel Bonnet Creek V • Current Topics in Probabilistic Risk Analysis Bonnet Creek VI 1:00-5:35 pm ANTPC Technical Sessions See page 42 1:30-6:00 pm ATH Opening Plenary Citrus, Collier 1:30-6:30 pm TOFE Technical Sessions See page 57 3:35-3:50 pm Coffee Break Bonnet Creek Salon VII-IX 3:50-6:30 pm ANS Technical Sessions • Student Design Competition Floridian G • Accident Tolerant Fuels Floridian H • Reactor Physics: General—I Floridian I • Strategy Development for Junior Faculty–Panel Floridian J • Operations and Power: General Floridian K • Recent Nuclear Criticality Safety Program Technical Accomplishments Floridian L • Fuel Cycle Analysis Bonnet Creek III • Radiation Protection and Shielding in Aeronautics and Space Applications–Panel Bonnet Creek IV • Applications of the NEAMS Workbench–Panel Bonnet Creek V • Eighty Years with Nuclear Fission–Panel Bonnet Creek VI #ANSMeeting #ANSMeeting 3 Daily Schedule Tuesday, November 13 7:00 am-5:00 pm Registration Bonnet Creek Foyer 7:00 am-1:30 pm ANS Nuclear Technology Expo Bonnet Creek Salon VII-IX 7:30-8:00 am Continental Breakfast in Technology Expo Bonnet Creek Salon VII-IX 8:00-10:00 am President’s Special Session Floridian Ballroom A-F 8:00-10:00 am ATH Technical Sessions See page 48 8:00-9:55 am TOFE Plenary—I Bonnet Creek Ballroom I 10:00-10:15 am Coffee Break Bonnet Creek Salon VII-IX 10:15 am-12:25 pm ANS Technical Sessions • Deterministic Transport Methods Floridian G • Fuels and Materials for Molten Salt Reactors Floridian H • Perspectives on the ANS Congressional Fellowship–Panel Floridian I • Professional Licensure in the Nuclear Industry Matters: It’s NOT the Job You Do It’s How You Do the Job! Floridian J • General Topics in Instrumentation and Control Floridian K • Data, Analysis and Operations in Nuclear Criticality Safety—I Floridian L • Used Fuel and High-Level Waste Management—The Long and Winding Road–Panel Bonnet Creek III • Radiation Protection and Shielding: General—II Bonnet Creek IV • Reactor Analysis Methods—I Bonnet Creek V • Nuclear Cogeneration for Sustainable Development–Panel Collier, Columbia • Robotic Inspection and Survey in Radiation Environments Citrus 10:15 am-12:00 pm ANTPC Technical Sessions See page 42 10:30 am-11:30 am ATH Technical Sessions See page 48 10:30 am-12:35 am TOFE Technical Sessions See page 57 11:30 am-1:30