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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
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The progress so far: An update on the Reactor Pilot Program
It has been about three months since the Department of Energy named 10 companies for its new Reactor Pilot Program, which maps out how the DOE would meet the goal announced by executive order in May of having three reactors achieve criticality by July 4, 2026.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Banyan B
Session Chair:
Benjamin Beeler (NCSU)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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Integrated Approach to Post-Irradiation Examination of Nuclear Materials at Idaho National Laboratory
1:00–1:40PM PDT
Fabiola Cappia (INL), Daniel Murray (INL), Brandon Miller (INL), Grace Burke (INL), Jian Gan (INL), Aaron Craft (INL), Colin Judge (INL)
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In-situ TEM Observation of Dislocation Evolution in UN in Support of Accelerated Fuel Qualification
1:40–2:00PM PDT
E. Kardoulaki (LANL), M. Kosmidou (LANL), A. Terricabras (LANL), W. Chen (ANL), J. Rizk (LANL), T. Matthews (LANL), J. White (LANL)
Void Surface Diffusion in γ-U-10Mo
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Gyuchul Park (ANL), Benjamin Beeler (NCSU), Bei Ye (ANL)
Effect of Grain Structure and Zr Interdiffusion Layer on Gas Bubble Structure in Monolithic UMo Fuels
2:20–2:40PM PDT
Shenyang Hu (PNNL), Zirui Mao (PNNL), Benjamin Beeler (NCSU)
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