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@techreport{dotson_economic_2021,
	address = {Urbana, IL},
	type = {Technical {Report}},
	title = {Economic and {Carbon} {Impacts} of {Potential} {Illinois} {Nuclear} {Plant} {Closures}: {The} {Cost} of {Closures}},
	copyright = {All rights reserved},
	shorttitle = {Comissioned by {Nuclear} {Matters}},
	url = {github.com/arfc/2021-04-nm-illinois},
	abstract = {n August 27, 2020, Exelon Generation announced planned premature clo- sures of two Illinois nuclear plants (4 reactor units) which compete eco- nomically with fossil fueled plants within the Pennsylvania-New Jersey- Maryland (PJM) interconnection [1]. This report quantitatively explores how these closures would undermine economic and decarbonization goals in the state of Illinois, such as an aggressive target to achieve a zero carbon electric grid by 2030.
Previous energy systems research has shown that such clean energy goals cannot be reached if nuclear plants prematurely retire [2, 3, 4]. In particular, the February 2021 National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine consensus report, “Accelerating Decarbonization of the U.S. Energy System,” determined unequivocally that US decarbonization will require keeping existing nuclear plants open [2]. Consistent with that liter- ature, our simulations indicate that decarbonization in Illinois will require not only maintenance but expansion of nuclear energy capacity.},
	language = {english},
	number = {UIUC-ARFC-2021-02},
	institution = {University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign},
	author = {Dotson, Samuel G. and Bachmann, Amanda M. and Richter, Zoë M. and Panczyk, Nataly R. and Ryan, Nathan S. and Balla, Anna C. and Fanning, Erin R.},
	editor = {Huff, Kathryn D. and Munk, Madicken},
	month = may,
	year = {2021},
	keywords = {arfc, cyclus, nuclear fuel cycle, report},
	pages = {1--20},
}

@article{bachmann_enrichment_2021,
	title = {Enrichment dynamics for advanced reactor {HALEU} support},
	volume = {7},
	copyright = {© A. M. Bachmann et al., Published by EDP Sciences, 2021},
	issn = {2491-9292},
	url = {https://www.epj-n.org/articles/epjn/abs/2021/01/epjn210024/epjn210024.html},
	doi = {10.1051/epjn/2021021},
	abstract = {Transitioning to High Assay Low Enriched Uranium-fueled reactors will alter the material requirements of the current nuclear fuel cycle, in terms of the mass of enriched uranium and Separative Work Unit capacity. This work simulates multiple fuel cycle scenarios using Cyclus to compare how the type of the advanced reactor deployed and the energy growth demand affect the material requirements of the transition to High Assay Low Enriched Uranium-fueled reactors. Fuel cycle scenarios considered include the current fleet of Light Water Reactors in the U.S. as well as a no-growth and a 1\% growth transition to either the Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation Micro Modular Reactor or the X-energy Xe-100 reactor from the current fleet of U.S. Light Water Reactors. This work explored parameters of interest including the number of advanced reactors deployed, the mass of enriched uranium sent to the reactors, and the Separative Work Unit capacity required to enrich natural uranium for the reactors. Deploying Micro Modular Reactors requires a higher average mass and Separative Work Unit capacity than deploying Xe-100 reactors, and a lower enriched uranium mass and a higher Separative Work Unity capacity than required to fuel Light Water Reactors before the transition. Fueling Xe-100 reactors requires less enriched uranium and Separative Work Unit capacity than fueling Light Water Reactors before the transition.},
	language = {en},
	urldate = {2021-12-02},
	journal = {EPJ Nuclear Sciences and Technologies},
	author = {Bachmann, Amanda M. and Fairhurst-Agosta, Roberto and Richter, Zoë and Ryan, Nathan S. and Munk, Madicken},
	year = {2021},
	note = {Publisher: EDP Sciences},
	pages = {22},
	file = {Full Text PDF:/Users/nsryan/Zotero/storage/E9SEX5KJ/Bachmann et al. - 2021 - Enrichment dynamics for advanced reactor HALEU sup.pdf:application/pdf;Snapshot:/Users/nsryan/Zotero/storage/FKME3M8G/epjn210024.html:text/html},
}

@misc{esom_stuco22,
  author       = {Ryan, Nathan S. and Panczyk, Nataly},
  title        = {Using an energy model to demonstrate the potential impact of proactive nuclear activism},
  howpublished = {Poster presented at \textit{American Nuclear Society Student Conference}},
  year         = {2022},
  note         = {Champaign, IL}
}

@misc{ever_ornl2024,
  author       = {Ryan, Nathan S. and Bae, Jin Whan},
  title        = {Enrichment and Core-Loading Versatility in Cyclus Reactors},
  howpublished = {Poster presented at {ORNL Summer Symposium}},
  year         = {2024},
  note         = {Oak Ridge, TN}
}


@misc{restart_bas_2024,
	title = {What it will take to restart decommissioned {US} nuclear plants. {A} primer},
	copyright = {Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC-BY-ND)},
	url = {https://thebulletin.org/2024/10/what-it-will-take-to-restart-decommissioned-us-nuclear-plants-a-primer/},
	abstract = {Nuclear plant restarts at Palisades and Three Mile Island Unit 1 are a test case for the future of the US nuclear industry, a former assistant secretary for nuclear energy argues.},
	language = {en-US},
	urldate = {2024-10-30},
	journal = {Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists},
	author = {Huff, Kathryn D. and Ryan, Nathan S.},
	month = oct,
	year = {2024},
	file = {Snapshot:/Users/nsryan/Zotero/storage/FQ27SY3J/what-it-will-take-to-restart-decommissioned-us-nuclear-plants-a-primer.html:text/html},
}

@mastersthesis{ryan_2025,
	title = {{LEU+} to {HALEU} nuclear fuel cycle transitions and dynamic reactor models},
	school = {University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign},
	author = {Ryan, Nathan S.},
	month = may,
	year = {2025},
	url = {https://hdl.handle.net/2142/129324},

}

@conference{ryan_twofcs25,
  author = {Ryan, Nathan S. and Huff, Kathryn D. and Munk, Madicken},
  booktitle = {Technical Workshop on Fuel Cycle Simulation 2025 (TWFCS 2025)},
  editor = {Amanda M. Bachmann},
  title = {LEU+ to HALEU transitions in advanced reactor fuel cycles},
  year = {2025}
}