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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Technical Session|Sponsored by IRD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Lincolnshire 1/2
Session Chair:
Lei R. Cao
Alternate Chair:
Igor Jovanovic
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Optical Characterization System Development for In-situ Real-time Measurement of Transmissivity of Irradiated Bulk Optical Materials
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Yunping Zhang (Univ. Michigan), Boyuan Sun (Univ. Michigan), Milos Burger (Univ. Michigan), Sylvain Girard (Univ. Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Igor Jovanovic (Univ. Michigan)
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Toward the Development of Molten Salt Reactor Diagnostics based on Resonantly Enhanced Laser Spectroscopy
3:35–3:55PM CDT
George B. Sun (Univ. Michigan), Londrea Garrett (Univ. Michigan), Ammon N. Williams (INL), Igor Jovanovic (Univ. Michigan)
Exploring Radiation Enhancement of Hafnium Oxide Nanoparticles
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Marlen Calix Quezada (Young Members Group), Santiago Bermudez Naranjo (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Simulation of Irradiated Molten Salt Flow Loop Using OpenMC
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Alexandru S. Aghinitei (Univ. Texas, Austin), Cole A. Gentry (Univ. Texas, Austin), Nicholas P. Luciano (Univ. Texas, Austin), Soha Aslam (Univ. Texas, Austin), Seth D. Dayawansa (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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