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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|Nonproliferation, Security, and Safeguards
Saturday, April 15, 2023|3:10–4:30PM EDT|Student Union 262A
Session Chair:
Evan Williams (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Bernadette Brezinski (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
This session is sponsored by the ANS Nuclear Non-proliferation Policy Division.
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Characterization and Evaluation of Scintillating Fiber System Components
3:10–3:30PM EDT
Schuyler J. Tyler (University of New Mexico), Luis A. O. Giraldo (INL)
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Analysis of Proliferation Resistance of Nuclear Fuels for Microreactors
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Hitoshi Cullinan (US Naval Academy), Stuart R. Blair (US Naval Academy)
Graphite Moderated Reactor Heat Removal
3:50–4:10PM EDT
Brant P. DeMoss (US Military Academy), Joseph Garcia (US Military Academy), Daniel Walker (US Military Academy)
Material Diversion Signatures for Molten Salt Reactors
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Branko Kovacevic (Penn State), Andre V. Soares (Penn State), Azaree Lintereur (Penn State), William Walters (Penn State), Amanda J. Johnsen (Penn State), Benjamin Beltzer (ORNL), Michael Dion (ORNL), Louise G. Evans (ORNL)
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