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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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The current status of heat pipe R&D
Idaho National Laboratory under the Department of Energy–sponsored Microreactor Program recently conducted a comprehensive phenomena identification and ranking table (PIRT) exercise aimed at advancing heat pipe technology for microreactor applications.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|12:00–1:45PM EDT
Session Chair:
Erin Wehlage (Studsvik)
Alternate Chair:
W. Neal Mann
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Paul LaTour (ANS)
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The Fast Modular Reactor (FMR) - Development Plan of a New 50 MWe Gas-cooled Fast Reactor
Hangbok Choi (General Atomics), John Bolin (General Atomics), Oscar Gutierrez (General Atomics), James O'Hara (General Atomics), Ryan Hon (General Atomics), Robert Schleicher (General Atomics), Howard Chiger (General Atomics), Arthur Evans (General Atomics), Edward Bowles (General Atomics), Ron Faibish (General Atomics), Christina Back (General Atomics)
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Preliminary Tritium Accident Analyses for Licensing of Commercial Fusion Facilities
Liam Hines (MIT), R. Patrick White (MIT)
Populating a Molten Salt Component Reliability Database: Opportunities, Challenges, and Lessons Learned
Megan Harkema (Vanderbilt Univ.), Steven Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.), Carole Leach (Vanderbilt Univ.), Irfan Ibrahim (Vanderbilt Univ.), Andrew Sowder (EPRI)
Fuel Salt Sampling and Enriching Technology Design Development -- Project Update
Megan Harkema (Vanderbilt Univ.), Paul Marotta (Vanderbilt Univ.), Steven Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.)
Electromagnetic Level Sensor for Use in Liquid Metals - Design and Testing
Edward Kent (ANL), Chris Grandy (ANL), Duane DiCenzo (Univ. of Pittsburgh), Heng Ban (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
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