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Mark Peterspresident@ans.org
One month into my term as president of the American Nuclear Society, it is already clear that the nuclear field continues to move quickly. June alone brought a striking number of developments, each one pointing to the momentum of this moment.
Antares’s Mark-0 microreactor reaching criticality at Idaho National Laboratory was more than a technical milestone. It effectively brought reactor No. 53 on line at a site that has shaped much of the nation’s nuclear history, with 52 reactors built there since 1951. And more criticality starts were delivered in June and July, enabled by the Department of Energy and its partnerships with private companies.
At the same time, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is continuing its broad regulatory reform effort, and nuclear technology is being used to help combat an outbreak of New World screwworm that has spread to the United States.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD|Cosponsored by OPD
Wednesday, June 10, 2020|4:35–6:20PM EDT|9
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)
