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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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Report spotlights energy sector’s growing nuclear investment
As part of a broader series on the future of global energy markets, S&P Global has released a report on examining the growing interest in nuclear power as the solution to many of the problems the energy sector faces.
To read the full details and conclusions of the report, click here.
Technical Session|Radioisotope Power Systems
Wednesday, May 8, 2024|1:00–2:40PM MDT|Sweeney A
Session Chair:
Elizabeth Bluhm
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Adam Parkison (ORNL)
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Conceptual Spacer Design for the ATR GEN I Target for Pu-238 Production in the Advanced Test Reactor at Idaho National Laboratory
1:00–1:25PM MDT
Jill Mitchell (INL)
Paper
Process Improvement for Pu-238 Production at Idaho National Laboratory
1:25–1:50PM MDT
William S. Green (INL), Andrew J. Zillmer (INL), Jill R. Mitchell (INL), Erik Rosvall (INL), Brittany Grayson (INL), Austen D. Fradeneck (INL), Kevin M. Geddes (INL), Randel Paulsen (INL), Justin D. Lower (INL)
Pu-238 Production Progress at Idaho National Laboratory from December 2022 to December 2023
1:50–2:15PM MDT
William S. Green (INL), Andrew J. Zillmer (INL), Jill R. Mitchell (INL), Erik Rosvall (INL), Brittany J. Grayson (INL), Ryan L. Marlow (INL), Austen D. Fradeneck (INL), Jonathan K. Foster (INL), Kevin M. Geddes (INL), Mark A. Hill (INL), Paul F. O'Donnell Jr. (INL)
Processing of Tritium Sources from Surface to Space
2:15–2:40PM MDT
Krystine Pimentel (City Labs), Peter Cabauy (City Labs), Jesse Grant (City Labs), Mark Stone (City Labs), Thomas E. Adams (Naval Surface Warfare Center)
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