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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NC State releases feasibility study for new research and test reactor
North Carolina State University has completed a feasibility study for its planned advanced research and test reactor. The $3 million study, which was undertaken by the university at the direction of the North Carolina General Assembly, is described in the full report, includes recommendations and projected costs and timelines.
Reactor type: NC State prefers the new reactor to be of “a multipurpose advanced sodium-cooled mixed/coupled spectrum design,” according to the report. Such a design would make the reactor “the only sodium-cooled fast research and test reactor in the country.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD|Cosponsored by OPD
Wednesday, June 10, 2020|4:35–6:20PM EDT
Session Chair:
Abdalla Abou Jaoude (INL)
Session Organizers:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov (LANL)
Jeffrey C. King (Colorado School of Mines)
John Bess (INL)
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Staff Producer:
Jessica Vazquez (American Nuclear Society)
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Depletion Analysis of a Micro-Reactor Annular Heat Pipe Fuel Element
Subash Sharma (Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell), Stephanie Astudillo-Gomez (Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell), Alec Golas (Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell)
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MINI-SMR-21 in Once-through Long-lived Fuel Cycle Feasibility Assessment
Gray Chang (JFoster and Associates), James Harrell (Co-Author), Julie Foster (JFoster & Associates, LLC)
A Numerical Tool for Space Nuclear Reactor Design based on Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs)
V. Richard (Université Grenoble-Alpes), Franco Quinteros (University Grenoble-Alpes), J. Giraud (Université Grenoble-Alpes), V. Ghetta (Université Grenoble-Alpes), J. Blanco (Université Grenoble-Alpes), M. Tano (Texas A&M Univ.), P. Rubiolo (Université Grenoble-Alpes)
Optimal Sizing of a Micro-Reactor for Embedded Grid Systems
Kathryn D. Huff (Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Samuel G. Dotson (Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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Advanced Nuclear Engineering to Support Space Exploration
Yoichi Momozaki (ANL), Florent Heidet (ANL)
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