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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.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Thursday, December 2, 2021|3:05–4:50PM EST |Gunston
Session Chair:
Tim Crook (MCR Performance Solutions)
Alternate Chair:
Erin Wehlage (Studsvik Scandpower)
Session Organizer:
W. Neal Mann (ANL)
Student Assistant:
David Reger
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The Fast Modular Reactor (FMR) Pre-Application Regulatory Engagement Plan
3:10–3:30PM EST
Chun Fu (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), Hangbok Choi (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), John Bolin (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems)
Paper
Monte Carlo Analysis of Coolant Stream Impurity Gamma Emissions for Fuel Failure Monitoring in Generation IV Gas-Cooled Fast Reactors
3:30–3:50PM EST
Londrea Garrett (Univ. of Michigan), Milos Burger (Univ. of Michigan), Adam Burak (Univ. of Michigan), Victor Petrov (Univ. of Michigan), Annalisa Manera (Univ. of Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. of Michigan), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Igor Jovanovic (Univ. of Michigan)
NERTHUS MSR Neutronics Model
3:50–4:10PM EST
Jarod Richardson (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Ondrej Chvala (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville)
Joining of FeCrAl Based Alloys for Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Applications
4:10–4:30PM EST
Brandon Bohanon (Univ. of New Mexico), Shuprio Ghosh (Univ. of New Mexico), Cemal Cakez (Univ. of New Mexico), Khaled Talaat (Univ. of New Mexico), Md Mehadi Hassan (Univ. of New Mexico), Osman Anderoglu (Univ. of New Mexico), Keith Woloshun (LANL), Stuart Maloy (LANL), Cetin Unal (LANL)
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