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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.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST|Noble
Session Chair:
Milos Atz (ANL)
Alternate Chair:
Christina Leggett (Booz Allen Hamilton)
Session Organizer:
Brady D. Hanson
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Effects of LEU+ and HBU Fuel on PWR Decay Heat and Radiation Source Term
3:15–3:35PM MST
Nicholas Kucinski (ORNL), Peter Stefanovic (ORNL), Justin Clarity (PNNL), William Wieselquist (ORNL)
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Graphite Life-Cycle Cost Model for HTGRs
3:35–3:55PM MST
Isabel Naranjo De Candido (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Recent Advancements in SFP Criticality for Existing LWR Fuels and Roadmap for Advanced LWR Fuels
3:55–4:15PM MST
Hatice Akkurt (EPRI), Robert Hall (EPRI)
Criticality and Decay Heat Analysis of Spent Nuclear Fuel from Molten Salt Reactors
4:15–4:35PM MST
Semin Joo (KAIST)
Presented by Robby Joseph (INL)
A Sociotechnical Readiness Level Framework for the Development of Advanced Nuclear Technologies
4:35–4:55PM MST
Aditi Verma (Univ. Michigan), Todd Allen (Univ. Michigan)
Fast Reactor Recycling of Slightly Used Nuclear Fuel (SUNF)
4:55–5:15PM MST
Steven Curtis (Readiness Resource)
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