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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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El Salvador: Looking to nuclear
In 2022, El Salvador’s leadership decided to expand its modest, mostly hydro- and geothermal-based electricity system, which is supported by expensive imported natural gas and diesel generation. They chose to use advanced nuclear reactors, preferably fueled by thorium-based fuels, to power their civilian efforts. The choice of thorium was made to inform the world that the reactor program was for civilian purposes only, and so they chose a fuel that was plentiful, easy to source and work with, and not a proliferation risk.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPSD|Cosponsored by IRD, NNPD
Monday, June 14, 2021|1:00–2:45PM EDT
Session Chair:
Fatma Abdelrahman
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Alternate Chair:
Adam Hecht
Staff Producer:
Julie Bry (ANS)
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Radiation Detection System Prototypes for Department of Homeland Security
Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay (Remote Sensing Laboratory-Andrews), Richard J. Maurer (Remote Sensing Laboratory-Andrews), Paul P. Guss (Remote Sensing Laboratory-Nellis)
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Material Identification via Dual Particle Transmission Using a Radioisotope Source
Jason Nattress (ORNL), Paul Rose (ORNL)
Intelligent Consequence Control by Aerial Reconnoiter Using Unmanned Systems
Paul Guss (Nevada National Security Site), Rusty Trainham (Nevada National Security Site), Manual Manard (Nevada National Security Site), Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay (Nevada National Security Site)
Muon Imaging for Dry-Cask Storage Verification
Jesus Valencia (Univ. of New Mexico), Adam A. Hecht (Univ. of New Mexico)
Ca2+-Doped CeBr3 Scintillating Material
Paul Guss (Nevada National Security Site), Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay (Nevada National Security Site), Ding Yuan (Nevada National Security Site), F. Patrick Doty (Sandia National Laboratories)
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