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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|Panel|Sponsored by DESD|Cosponsored by OPD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|8:00–9:45AM MST|Desert Willow
Session Chair:
Gail Marcus (Consultant)
Alternate Chair:
James J. Byrne (Byrne & Associates, LLC)
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This Future of Nuclear Maritime Propulsion panel is the final in a series of sessions sponsored by DESD and OPD. At the 2021 Annual Meeting, we looked at the history of non-naval nuclear power. At the 2021 Winter Meeting, we discussed the decommissioning of the NS Savannah, including a virtual tour of the ship. At this meeting we will look at the potential future of non-naval nuclear propulsion and floating offshore nuclear power generation and its opportunities and challenges. Recent Department of Energy grants have spurred interest in this subject. These grants and other opportunities will also be discussed during this session.
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Framework to Evaluate High Value Opportunities for Nuclear Propulsion in Innovative Maritime Applications
8:00–8:20AM MST
Bojan Petrovic (Georgia Tech), Hubert Strauss (Georgia Tech), Chelsea C. White III (Georgia Tech)
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