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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Amazon provides update on its Washington project with X-energy
A year ago this month, Amazon led a $500 million investment in X-energy, alongside Citadel founder Ken Griffin, the University of Michigan, and other investors. In addition to that financing, Amazon pledged to support the development of an initial four-unit, 320-MW project with Energy Northwest in Washington state.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Jasmine D
Session Chair:
Zeyun Wu (VCU)
Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni (UC Berkeley)
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Reactivity Feedback Effect Analysis by Multi-Layer Reflector Temperature for Molten Salt Reactor
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Jinyoung Lee (Hyundai Engineering and Construction), Seung Yop Paek (Hyundai Engineering and Construction), Jihwan Kim (Hyundai Engineering and Construction), Jongwoo Lee (Hyundai Engineering and Construction), Inwon Jo (Hyundai Engineering and Construction), Young O. Kim (Hyundai Engineering and Construction)
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A Physics Study for an Innovative Long-Life Small Molten Salt Fast Reactor (MSFR) for Ship Propulsion
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Youngjune Lee (KAIST), Eunhyug Lee (KAIST), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
Fuel Doppler Coefficient of Reactivity in Highly Enriched Uranium-Fueled MSRs
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Ondrej Chvala (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Kyra Lawson (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Fast Chloride MSR Coefficients of Reactivity
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Kyra Lawson (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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