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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Going Nuclear: Notes from the officially unofficial book tour
I work in the analytical labs at one of Europe’s oldest and largest nuclear sites: Sellafield, in northwestern England. I spend my days at the fume hood front, pipette in one hand and radiation probe in the other (and dosimeter pinned to my chest, of course). Outside the lab, I have a second job: I moonlight as a writer and public speaker. My new popular science book—Going Nuclear: How the Atom Will Save the World—came out last summer, and it feels like my life has been running at full power ever since.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Banyan B
Session Chair:
Benjamin Beeler (NCSU)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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Thermophysical Characterization of Molten Salt Reactor Fuels Through Experimentation and Semi-Empirical Modeling
10:00–10:40AM PDT
Anthony Birri (ORNL), Nicholas Termini (ORNL), Shane Henderson (ORNL), N. Dianne Bull Ezell (ORNL)
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Advancing Thermal Conductivity Measurement and Modeling for Molten Salts in Gen IV Nuclear Reactors
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Jacob Numbers (Brigham Young Univ.), Tyler Hamm (Brigham Young Univ.), Ryan Ruth (Brigham Young Univ.), Hunter Pitchford (Brigham Young Univ.), McKay Sumsion (Brigham Young Univ.), Noah Petersen (Brigham Young Univ.), Ben Wright (Brigham Young Univ.), Brian Merritt (Brigham Young Univ.), Crewse Petersen (Brigham Young Univ.), Max Colton (Brigham Young Univ.), Spencer Larson (Brigham Young Univ.), David Allred (Brigham Young Univ.), Anthony Birri (ORNL), Troy Munro (Brigham Young Univ.)
Assessing Impurity Activity in 2LiF-BeF2 Using a Transpiration Method
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Ryan C. Gallagher (Kairos Power), Jake Quincey (Kairos Power), Jacob W. McMurray (Kairos Power), Augustus Merwin (Kairos Power)
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