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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Researchers use one-of-a-kind expertise and capabilities to test fuels of tomorrow
At the Idaho National Laboratory Hot Fuel Examination Facility, containment box operator Jake Maupin moves a manipulator arm into position around a pencil-thin nuclear fuel rod. He is preparing for a procedure that he and his colleagues have practiced repeatedly in anticipation of this moment in the hot cell.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Monday, June 8, 2020|1:00–3:10PM EDT|7
Session Chair:
Troy Munro
Alternate Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
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Staff Producer:
Paul LaTour (American Nuclear Society)
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The Molten Salt Thermodynamic Database (MSTDB): A Resource for MSR Design, Development, and Regulation
Theodore M. Besmann (Univ. of South Carolina)
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Thermodynamic Insights Into Corrosion in NaCl-LiCl-UCl3-UCl4 Molten Salt
Jacob A. Yingling (Univ. of South Carolina), Theodore M. Besmann (Univ. of South Carolina), Johnathon C. Ard (Univ. of South Carolina), Kaitlin E. Johnson (Univ. of South Carolina), Matthew S. Christian (Univ. of South Carolina), Jake W. McMurray (ORNL)
Conceptual Design of the Versatile Experimental Salt Irradiation Loop (VESIL) in the Advanced Test Reactor
Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Sandesh Bhaskar (NC State Univ.), Calvin Downey (INL)
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