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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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The two reactors at Dominion Energy’s Surry plant are among the oldest in the U.S. nuclear fleet. Yet when the plant celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2023, staff could raise a toast to the future. Surry was one of the first plants to file a subsequent license renewal (SLR) application, and in May 2021, it became official: the plant was licensed to operate for a full 80 years, extending its reactors’ lifespans into 2052 and 2053.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Wednesday, June 16, 2021|2:15–4:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU)
Session Organizer:
Staff Producer:
Janice Lindegard (ANS)
This session focuses on reactor physics advances towards design, development and deployment of advanced reactors.
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A Study on Natural Circulation Soluble-Boron-Free SMR with Long Cycle and High Burnup
Steven Wijaya (KAIST), Xuan Ha Nguyen (KAIST), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
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A Truly-Optimized PWR (TOP) Core Design of a Soluble-Boron-Free SMR with Burnable Absorber-Integrated Guide Thimble
Xuan Ha Nguyen (KAIST), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
Scalable Modular Dynamic Molten Salt Reactor Model with Depletion Dependency
Visura Pathirana (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Ondrej Chvala (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville)
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