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The Mission of the Robotics and Remote Systems Division is to promote the development and application of immersive simulation, robotics, and remote systems for hazardous environments for the purpose of reducing hazardous exposure to individuals, reducing environmental hazards and reducing the cost of performing work.
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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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Molten salt test loop at INL means real-time data on sensors and materials
The Department of Energy announced March 31 that a new Molten Salt Flow Loop Test Bed at Idaho National Laboratory recently went through its inaugural test run. The closed-loop test system will allow for continuous monitoring and analysis of chloride-based molten salt reactor technology and instruments before the construction of the Southern Company/TerraPower Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment. MCRE—an experimental fast-spectrum molten salt research reactor—will be built at INL’s repurposed Zero Power Physics Reactor, which has been renamed LOTUS (Laboratory for Operation and Testing in the United States).
Britta Helmersson (Westinghouse Electric Sweden), David Schrire (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), Aylin Kucuk (EPRI), Paul Blair (Westinghouse Electric Sweden), Clara Anghel (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), Matthias Martin (Paul Scherrer Institut), Cecilia Janzon (Studsvik Nuclear), Katja Ammon (Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt), Marcus Nilsson (OKG), Jonathan Wright (Westinghouse Electric Sweden), Luke Hallman (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Proceedings | TopFuel 2022 Light Water Reactor Fuel Performance Conference | Raleigh, NC, October 9-13, 2022 | Pages 495-504
