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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Researchers use one-of-a-kind expertise and capabilities to test fuels of tomorrow
At the Idaho National Laboratory Hot Fuel Examination Facility, containment box operator Jake Maupin moves a manipulator arm into position around a pencil-thin nuclear fuel rod. He is preparing for a procedure that he and his colleagues have practiced repeatedly in anticipation of this moment in the hot cell.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM EST|Labrid A/B
Session Chair:
Leah Squires
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Alternate Chair:
Kaushik Banerjee
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Pebble-Bed-Moderated Molten-Salt Reactor with Replaceable Graphite and Alternative Fuel Cycles
1:00–1:20PM EST
Charles Forsberg (MIT), Eugene Shwageraus (Cambridge Univ.)
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Determining Fuel Salt Compositions for a Moderated Large-Sized MSR with SCALE
1:20–1:40PM EST
Donny Hartanto (ORNL), Georgeta Radulescu (ORNL), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
Applications of Flowing Molten Salt Loops with Neutron Irradiation
1:40–2:00PM EST
Charles Forsberg (MIT), Dave Carpenter (MIT), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU), Raluca O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley), Kevin Robb (ORNL)
Liquid Fuel Performance Characterization
2:00–2:20PM EST
Kevin Kelly (EPRI), Brandon M. Chisholm (Southern Co.), Dan Moneghan (EPRI)
Evaluation of Chloride Salt Fast Reactor Waste Stream Management and Research Needs
2:20–2:40PM EST
Irfan Ibrahim (Vanderbilt Univ.), Allen Croff (Vanderbilt Univ.), Steve Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.), Dan Moneghan (EPRI)
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