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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.
19th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2025)
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Houston/Kansas City
Session Chair:
Daniel Sluder (INL)
Alternate Chairs:
Ha H. Bui
Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
Session Organizer:
David Grabaskas
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Probability Estimation Using Monte Carlo Simulation of Boolean Logic on Hardware-Accelerated Platforms
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Arjun Earthperson (NCSU), Hasibul Hossain Rasheeq (NCSU), Egemen M. Aras (NCSU), Kirill Shumilov (NCSU), Jordan T. Boyce (INL), Stephen T. Wood (INL), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
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An Efficient Method for Risk Updating to Support Nuclear Plant Operation
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Mohamed Y. Nassar (Univ. Maryland), Joseph O'Leary (University of Maryland, A. James Clark School of Engineering), Yunfei Zhao (Univ. Maryland)
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Modern PRA Development and Quality Assurance
1:40–2:00PM CDT
David Grabaskas (ANL), Tyler Starkus (ANL)
Git Application for Configuration Control Programs of Advanced Nuclear Power Plants
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Mostafa Hamza (X-energy), H Liao (X-energy), Drew Nigh (X-energy), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)