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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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Molten salt test loop at INL means real-time data on sensors and materials
The Department of Energy announced March 31 that a new Molten Salt Flow Loop Test Bed at Idaho National Laboratory recently went through its inaugural test run. The closed-loop test system will allow for continuous monitoring and analysis of chloride-based molten salt reactor technology and instruments before the construction of the Southern Company/TerraPower Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment. MCRE—an experimental fast-spectrum molten salt research reactor—will be built at INL’s repurposed Zero Power Physics Reactor, which has been renamed LOTUS (Laboratory for Operation and Testing in the United States).
Technical Session|Transient Fuel Behavior and Safety Related Issues
Monday, October 10, 2022|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Adagio/Allegro
Session Chair:
Olivier Marchand (IRSN)
Alternate Chair:
Michelle Bales (NEA)
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A Review of Cladding Failure Thresholds in RIA Conditions Based on Transient Reactor Test Data and the Need for Continued Testing
3:30–3:55PM EDT
David Kamerman (INL), Colby Jensen (INL), Charles Folsom (INL), Nicolas Woolstenhulme (INL), Daniel Wachs (INL)
Paper
Fuel Performance Distortion Evaluation Under Reactivity Insertion Accidents Conditions with Dynamical System Scaling
3:55–4:20PM EDT
Alexander Duenas (Oregon State), Dan Wachs (INL), Guillaume Mignot (Oregon State), Qiao Wu (Oregon State ), Jose Reyes Jr. (NuScale Power), Wade Marcum (Oregon State)
BISON Validation and Sensitivity Study of FeCrAl Cladding Burst During Simulated RIA Conditions
4:20–4:45PM EDT
Soon K. Lee (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Ben E. Garrison (ORNL), Nathan A. Capps (ORNL), Caleb P. Massey (ORNL), Kory D. Linton (ORNL), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Progress in Modeling Clad Ballooning During the NSRR RIA Tests Using ALCYONE Fuel Performance Code
4:45–5:10PM EDT
I. Guénot-Delahaie (CEA), J. Sercombe (CEA), R. Largenton (EDF), X. Haller (Framatome)
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