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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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INL researchers use LEDs to shed light on next-gen reactors
At Idaho National Laboratory, researchers have built a bridge between computer models and the lab’s Microreactor Applications Research Validation and Evaluation (MARVEL) microreactor.
Tony Crawford, an INL researcher and MARVEL’s reactivity control system lead, designed a phone booth–sized surrogate nuclear reactor called ViBRANT, or Visual Benign Reactor as Analog for Nuclear Testing, which uses light instead of neutrons to show a “nuclear” reaction.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Monday, June 17, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Banyan B
Session Chair:
Assel Aitkaliyeva (University of Florida)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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Fuels and Materials Irradiation Testing Needs, Recent Progress, and Future Opportunities
3:15–3:55PM PDT
Christian M. Petrie (ORNL), Richard H. Howard (ORNL), David Carpenter (MIT), Nicolas Woolstenhulme (INL)
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Perspectives to Promote the Regulatory Acceptance of Combined Neutron, Ion, and Modeled Irradiation Data for Material Degradation in Nuclear Reactors
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Stephen Taller (ORNL), Andrea Jokisaari (INL), Yiren Chen (ANL), Wei-Ying Chen (ANL), Rongjie Song (INL)
Parallel Irradiation Testing to Support Accelerated Down-Selection of Advanced Fuels
4:15–4:35PM PDT
G.L. Beausoleil II (INL), Nic Woolstenhulme (INL), L. Capriotti (INL), S. Patnaik (INL), A. Nelson (ORNL), C. Petrie (ORNL), P. Doyle (ORNL), Jason Harp (ORNL)
High Impact Fuel Irradiation Testing Strategies Through International Frameworks
4:35–4:55PM PDT
G.L. Beausoleil II (INL), D. Wachs (INL), C. Jensen (INL), D. Kamerman (INL), S. Holcombe (Lightbridge Corp.), M. Bales (Nuclear Energy Agency)
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