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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|Used Fuel Storage, Transportation, and Re-Use
Monday, October 10, 2022|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Branle
Session Chair:
Ricardo Torres (PNNL)
Alternate Chair:
Amparo Gonzalez Espartero (IAEA)
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Advanced Vacuum Sipping Spent Fuel Classification Before Dry Storage and Decommissioning Activities
3:30–3:55PM EDT
Roberto Rodriguez (ENUSA), Jose M. Rodero (ENUSA ), Ivan Sanchez (ENUSA ), Alicia Sánchez Siguero (ENUSA)
Paper
Mimicking the Radiolytic Corrosion of Spent Nuclear Fuel Surfaces
3:55–4:20PM EDT
Yadukrishnan Sasikumar (Open Univ.), William Nuttall (Open Univ.), Paul Thompson (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility), Ross Springell (Univ. Bristol)
The Mechanical Response of High Burnup 17x17 PWR Fuel Rods Under Bending
4:20–4:45PM EDT
P. Cantonwine (ORNL), O. Martinez (ORNL), R. Montgomery (ORNL)
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