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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Task force charts growing interest in civilian maritime nuclear applications
Readers of Nuclear News will have heard of historical applications of civilian maritime nuclear power, like the merchant ship NS Savannah and the USS Sturgis floating power plant. With a few exceptions there has been little action in this area for over 50 years, and there are plenty of reasons and opinions as to why, but over the last few years the dramatic increase in interest from the maritime industry and its stakeholders has been undeniable.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by RPD
Monday, June 17, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Jasmine D
Session Chair:
John H. Jackson (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni
Session Organizer:
Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL)
The MARVEL reactor demonstration is proceeding to deployment with manufacturing underway on long-lead items. This panel will provide a status update on the overall project along with an overview of the TREX-C facility (TREAT Reactor Experiment Cell). A discussion of the safety review for MARVEL, including hazard evaluation will be provided. Additionally an overview of the MARVEL utilization plan will be presented to highlight how MARVEL can be leveraged as a testbed for future users.
Justin Johnson
INL
Travis King
MW Patterson
Abdalla Abou-Jaoude
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