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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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India’s PFBR attains criticality at last
Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed it “a proud moment for India” when on April 6 the 500-MWe, sodium-cooled Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achieved initial criticality. This milestone, which comes some 22 years after the continually delayed PFBR project began, marks India’s entrance into the second stage of its three-stage nuclear program, which has the ultimate goal of supporting the country’s nuclear power program with its significant thorium reserves.
Technical Session|Sponsored by IRD
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|2:15–4:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
James M. Bowen
Alternate Chair:
Samuel E. Glover
Session Organizer:
Igor Jovanovic
Staff Producer:
Susan Gallier (ANS)
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Exploring Production of Uranium-232 for Use as an Additive to Nuclear Fuel
Joshua Rhodes (Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville), Brandon Grogan (ORNL), Alan Krichinsky (ORNL), Brad Patton (ORNL), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville)
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Uranium Isotopic Characterization System Utilizing Laser Techniques
Yichen Zhao (Oregon State Univ.), Haori Yang (Oregon State Univ.)
iDoubleRad: Cyber-physical System for Enhancing Security of Radiation Measurements in IoT Connected Detectors based on Spectra Comparison using Fuzzy Theil-II Measure
Miltiadis Alamaniotis (Univ. of Texas at San Antonio)
Irradiation Testing Methods for Fast Spectrum Reactor Fuels and Materials in DOE's Thermal Spectrum Test Reactors
N. Woolstenhulme (INL), G.L. Beausoleil (INL), C. Jensen (INL), C. Petrie (ORNL), D. Wachs (INL)
Development of the MIT Research Reactor Simulator for Education, Training, and Research
Lin-wen Hu (MIT), Sara Hauptman (MIT), Oussama Ashy (WSC), Sergei Korolev (WSC)
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