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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Studsvik applies to build more reactors; Sweden seeks majority control of SMR company
New developments in Sweden’s nuclear energy industry continue to make headlines. Last week, Swedish engineering services firm Studsvik submitted an application to build between 600 MWe and 1,400 MWe of new nuclear power capacity “at and around” its Nyköping Municipality headquarters. Separately, the Swedish government
Nuclear Fuels and Materials
Technical Session|Nuclear Materials Performance, Prediction and Qualification
Wednesday, June 3, 2026|1:15–3:00PM MDT|Governor's Square 17
Session Chair:
Haiyan Zhao (Univ. Idaho)
Alternate Chair:
Jake Quincey (Kairos Power)
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Structural Insight into Molten Salts via Empirical Potential Structure Refinement (EPSR)
1:15–1:35PM MDT
G S Rakib (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Urbana, IL)), Joerg C Neuefeind (Oak Ridge National Lab), Y Z (Univ. Michigan), Brent J. Heuser (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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Molten Salt Corrosion of Additively Manufactured Inconel 625
1:35–1:55PM MDT
Aidan Masi (NCSU), A. Doherty (NCSU), C. van Heugten (NCSU), M. McMurtrey (INL), S. Dryepondt (ORNL), L. He (NCSU)
Corrosion Behavior of Spark Plasma Sintered Ni-20Cr Doped with Oversized Solutes
1:55–2:15PM MDT
Connor van Heugten (NCSU), Lingfeng He (NCSU), Alexandra Doherty (NCSU), Aidan Masi (NCSU)
Nondestructive 3D Evaluation of Pore Networks in the TRISO Buffer Layer
2:15–2:35PM MDT
Bryan Conry (ORNL), Grant W. Helmreich (ORNL), Tyler J. Gerczak (ORNL)
Post-Irradiation Examination of High-Power MiniFuel TRISO Particles Irradiated in HFIR under FHR-Relevant Conditions
2:35–2:55PM MDT
Annabelle Le Coq (ORNL), Matt Jones (ORNL), Martino R. Hooghkirk (ORNL), Grant W. Helmreich (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL), Kory Linton (ORNL), Tyler J. Gerczak (ORNL), Ryan Latta (Kairos Power LLC)