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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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ORNL–General Atomics partnership on ceramic matrix composites
A memorandum of understanding has been signed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) with the objective of working together on advanced ceramic matrix composite materials for applications in extreme environments. Materials that can withstand extreme temperatures, radiation, corrosion, and mechanical stress are required in aerospace, defense, energy, and other sectors.
According to the agreement, the San Diego–based GA-EMS will use resources from ORNL’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility to develop “scalable, efficient manufacturing techniques for extreme environment materials including precursors, fibers, composites, and coatings utilized in carbon/carbon (C/C), carbon/silicon carbide (C/SiC), and SiC/SiC composite systems.”
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by FCWMD
Monday, June 16, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Indiana/Iowa
Session Chair:
Charles W. Forsberg
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Michael S. Smith
Three salt reactor experiments are under construction in the United States. Kairos Power in Oak Ridge, Tennessee is building the 35-MWt Hermes Fluoride-salt-cooled High-temperature Reactor with clean salt and TRISO fuel. Natura Resources and Abilene Christian University are building a 1 megawatt Molten Salt Research Reactor (MSRR) with fuel dissolved in the salt. TerraPower at Idaho National Laboratory is building a 150-kW Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment. The panel participants from EPRI (Daniel Monegham), Kairos Power (Nader Satvat), Abilene Christian University (Rusty Towell) and TerraPower (Sam Goodrich) will discuss progress in building these reactors and path forward to commercial deployment.
Daniel Moneghan
EPRI
Sam Goodrich
TerraPower
Rusty Towell
Abilene Christian Univ.
Nader Satvat
Kairos Power
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