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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Beyond conventional boundaries: Innovative construction technologies pave the way for advanced reactor deployment
In a bid to tackle the primary obstacle in nuclear deployment—construction costs—those in industry and government are moving away from traditional methods and embracing innovative construction technologies.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|State
Session Chair:
William N. Mann
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Ben Holtzman
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Impacts of Process Integration on Ammonia Production in a Nuclear Integrated Energy System
3:15–3:35PM CDT
John A. Gardiner (Utah State University), Manjur R. Basnet (Utah State University), Hailei Wang (Utah State University)
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A Techno-Economic Analysis of Hydrogen and Ammonia Production with a Maritime Nuclear Power Plant
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Ahmet Kavur (ETH-Zürich), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Levi M. Larsen (INL), John Parsons (MIT)
High Temperature Steam Electrolysis Process Heat from Haber-Bosch Reaction
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Aiden S. Meek (Utah State University), Manjur Basnet (Utah State University), Hailei Wang (Utah State University)
On the System Architecture of a Floating Nuclear Ammonia Production Unit
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Ioannis Kourasis (Core Power (UK) Ltd.), Thomas Davies (Core Power (UK) Ltd.), Nial Turner (Core Power (UK) Ltd.), Rory Megginson (Core Power (UK) Ltd.), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Charles W. Forsberg (MIT), Heddy Barale (MIT), John Parsons (MIT)
Integrating Carbon-free Nuclear Energy with Haber Bosch in Aspen plus
4:35–4:55PM CDT
FRANK KATJIPAHA (Utah State University), Aiden Meek (Utah State University), Hailei Wang (Utah State University)
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