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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.
Panel and Technical Session|Instrumentation, Control Systems, and Cyber Security
Friday, April 14, 2023|10:15–11:35AM EDT|Student Union 362C
Session Chair:
Mattia Zanotelli (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
David Anderson (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
This session is sponsored by the ANS Human Factors, Instrumentation, & Control Division.
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Optimal Sizing Toolbox for Energy Generation and Storage for a Nuclear Hybrid Microgrid
10:15–10:35AM EDT
Nathan S. Chandra (Purdue), Molly Ross (Purdue), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue University, College of Engineering)
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Design and Testing of Low Pressure Heated Subcapsule for Use in Irradiation Experiments
10:35–10:55AM EDT
Alexandra G. Akins (NCSU), Treyvon Griffin (North Carolina State University, South Carolina State University), Henry Osborne (NCSU), Cooper Trucks (NCSU), Joe J. Palmer (INL), Ge Yang (NCSU)
Application of a Tuning Forks in Measuring Viscosity and Density of Molten Salt Systems
10:55–11:15AM EDT
Ryan J. Charrette (NCSU), Harrison Q. Storms (NCSU), Declan R. Miller (NCSU), Madison A. Turmon (South Carolina State), Alexander W. Bataller (NCSU)
Comparison of Measured and Simulated Neutron Counting with 3He Detectors and the Subcritical Water-Moderated UO2 7uPCX Assembly
11:15–11:35AM EDT
Tanner Heatherly (Oregon State), Nicholas H. Whitman (Los Alamos National Laboratory, NEN-2), Jesson D. Hutchinson (Los Alamos National Laboratory, NEN-2), Mark A. Nelson (Los Alamos National Laboratory, NEN-2), George E. McKenzie (Los Alamos National Laboratory, NEN-2), Robert A. Weldon (Los Alamos National Laboratory, NEN-2)
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