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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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IAEA again raises global nuclear power projections
Noting recent momentum behind nuclear power, the International Atomic Energy Agency has revised up its projections for the expansion of nuclear power, estimating that global nuclear operational capacity will more than double by 2050—reaching 2.6 times the 2024 level—with small modular reactors expected to play a pivotal role in this high-case scenario.
IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi announced the new projections, contained in the annual report Energy, Electricity, and Nuclear Power Estimates for the Period up to 2050 at the 69th IAEA General Conference in Vienna.
In the report’s high-case scenario, nuclear electrical generating capacity is projected to increase to from 377 GW at the end of 2024 to 992 GW by 2050. In a low-case scenario, capacity rises 50 percent, compared with 2024, to 561 GW. SMRs are projected to account for 24 percent of the new capacity added in the high case and for 5 percent in the low case.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST|Acacia
Session Chair:
Julie Jacobson (NEUP/INL)
Alternate Chair:
Felicia Wright (NEUP/INL)
Session Organizer:
Andrew E. Thomas (INL)
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A Novel Optically Transparent Boron-Doped Diamond Electrode Design for Spectroelectrochemistry
3:15–3:35PM MST
Hannah K. Patenaude (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), Nastasija Damjanovic (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), Jason Rakos (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), Karen Gonzalez (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), Shirmir D. Branch (PNNL), Cory A. Rusinek (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas)
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Ab-initio Liquidus Line Predictions of Binary Molten Salt Systems
3:35–3:55PM MST
Tanooj Shah (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Kamron Fazel (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Yunfeng Shi (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Ravishankar Sundararaman (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Isotopic Uncertainty Quantification of a Molten Salt Reactor Model for Safeguards Purposes
3:55–4:15PM MST
Andre Vidal Soares (Penn State), Branko Kovacevic (Penn State), Azaree Lintereur (Penn State), Amanda Johnsen (Penn State), Benjamin Betzler (ORNL), Michael Dion (ORNL), William J. Walters (Penn State)
Material Quantification of Molten Salts Using Spark-Induced Plasma-Bubble Spectroscopy
4:15–4:35PM MST
Kayla Hahn (NCSU), Alina Jugan (NCSU), Alexander W. Bataller (NCSU)
Ultrafast Transient Absorption Spectroscopy of Solvated Electrons in Molten Salts
4:35–4:55PM MST
Davis Bryars (NCSU), Alexander W. Bataller (NCSU)
Na2MxSn2S6 (M=Na, Ni, Mg; x=1,2) Metal Sulfide Ion Exchangers with Exceptional Acid Stability
4:55–5:15PM MST
Michael A. Quintero (Northwestern Univ.), Richard Godsel (Northwestern Univ.), Mercouri G. Kanatzidis (Northwestern Univ.)
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