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May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Oregon bill would create new feasibility study
Historical photo of Trojan nuclear power plant, ca. 1974. (Photo: DOE)
As concerns over growing energy needs persist, yet another state is reconsidering nuclear power. A piece of legislation is currently progressing through Oregon’s legislature that would direct the Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) to conduct a study to assess the feasibility of deploying new power reactors in the state.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Banyan A
Session Chair:
Michael Tonks (University of Florida)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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Assessment of Local Thermal Conductivity and Microstructure of Ultra-Low Burnup U-20 wt% Pu- 10 wt% Zr Alloy
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Cynthia Adkins (INL), Ethan Hisle (INL), Daniele Salvato (INL), Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida), Tiankai Yao (INL)
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Comparison of Porosity Distribution in U-Zr and U-Pu-Zr
1:20–1:40PM PDT
Mary Sevart (Univ. Florida), Mitch Mika (Univ. Florida), Luca Capriotti (INL), Tiankai Yao (INL), Fei Xu (INL), Karen Wright (INL), Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
Advances in Metallic Fuel Database Development and Data Qualification
1:40–2:00PM PDT
Kun Mo (ANL), Aaron Oaks (ANL), Yinbin Miao (ANL), Dandan Zhang (ANL), Jason L. Schulthess (INL), Douglas L. Porter (INL), Abdellatif Yacout (ANL)
Pulsed Neutron Characterization of Irradiated Fuels at LANSCE
2:00–2:20PM PDT
S.C. Vogel (LANL), James R. Angell (INL), T. Balke (Purdue Univ.), C.A. Bouman (Purdue Univ.), F. Cappia (INL), D.T. Carver (LANL), L. Capriotti (INL), A.E. Craft (INL), J. Harp (ORNL), P. Hoseman (Univ. California, Berkeley), E.J. Larson (LANL), A.M. Long (LANL), A.S. Losko (Technical Univ. Munich), K.J. McClellan (LANL), B.E. Wohlberg (LANL)
Integral Experimental Investigations of Radioisotope Evaporation in Molten Lead for the Mechanistic Source Term Evaluation of Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor
2:20–2:40PM PDT
Malak Bani-Melhem (Univ. New Mexico), Michael Trombetta (Univ. New Mexico), Shuprio Ghosh (Univ. New Mexico), Jared Justice (Univ. New Mexico), Sung J. Lee (Fauske & Assoc.), Michael Epstein (Fauske & Assoc.), Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Osman Anderoglu (Univ. New Mexico)
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