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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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Nuclear's future discussed at MURR expansion
ANS Executive Director/CEO Craig Piercy recently spoke on nuclear power’s potential for answering today’s energy demands as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of Missouri. He also took part in the ribbon cutting for a large addition to the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR).
Technical Session|Sponsored by Nuclear Fuel Cycles
Wednesday, December 13, 2023|8:00–9:40AM CST|Galerie 6
Session Chair:
Stephen T. Lam (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell)
Alternate Chair:
Sarah C. Finkeldei (Univ. California, Irvine)
Track Organizers:
Jie Lian (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Yong Yang (Univ. Florida)
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Studying Solvation Structure of Metallic Impurities with Machine Learning Molecular Dynamics Enhanced EXAFS
8:00–8:20AM CST
Stephen Lam (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell), Nicholas Marcella (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Rajni Chahal (ORNL), Anatoly Frenkel (Stony Brook Univ.)
Paper
Determination of Hydrogen and Oxygen Impurities in Chloride Salts via Combustion Analysis
8:20–8:40AM CST
Adam Burak (Univ. Michigan), Brian Carpman (Univ. Michigan), Mohammad Umar Farooq Khan (Univ. Michigan), Vyomini Vakil (Univ. Michigan), Stephen Raiman (Univ. Michigan)
Hold Up of Fuel and Model Fission Products in Fluoride Salts
8:40–9:00AM CST
D.J. Macias (Univ. Michigan), S. Raiman (Univ. Michigan)
Internal Gelation Studies Relevant to Nuclear Fuel: Neodymium Oxide
9:00–9:20AM CST
J. Granger-Jones (Univ. California, Irvine), J. Matthews (Zeno Power), S.C. Finkeldei (Univ. California, Irvine)
Ionic Radii in the Actinide Dioxides
9:20–9:40AM CST
Romain Vauchy (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Shun Hirooka (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Tatsutoshi Murakami (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
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