ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.
Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.
Explore membership for yourself or for your organization.
Conference Spotlight
2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
Latest Magazine Issues
Aug 2026
Jan 2026
2026
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
October 2026
Nuclear Technology
September 2026
Fusion Science and Technology
August 2026
Latest News
LLNL, Ampera partner to develop thorium-based TRISO fuel
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has formed a strategic partnership with Ampera to develop the company’s nuclear fuel concept through a project named THUNDER, for Thorium Unimodal Droplet Ejection for Reactors.
The focus of THUNDER is fabricating TRISO made with kernels of thorium rather than the usual uranium. LLNL and Ampera will evaluate and optimize liquid metal–jetting technology to produce highly uniform, spherical kernels of thorium-232 for later processing into TRISO fuel.
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
Session Organizer:
To access paper attachments, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
Register NowLog In
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)
Paper
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)
