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May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Panelists discuss U.S. path to criticality in ANS webinar
The American Nuclear Society recently hosted a panel discussion featuring prominent figures from the nuclear sector who discussed the industry’s ongoing push for criticality.
Yasir Arafat, chief technical officer of Aalo Atomics; Jordan Bramble, CEO of Antares Nuclear; and Rita Baranwal, chief nuclear officer of Radiant Industries, participated in the discussion and covered their recent progress in the Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program. Nader Satvat, director of nuclear systems design at Kairos Power, gave an update on the company’s ongoing demonstration projects taking place outside of the landscape of DOE authorization.
12th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2021)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 16, 2021|4:30–6:15PM EDT
Session Chair:
Padhraic L. Mulligan
Alternate Chair:
Josh Daw (INL)
Session Organizer:
Jamie B. Coble (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
Staff Producer:
Jay Bogardus (ANS)
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A JFET-Based Radiation-Hardened Sensing and Communications Electronic System for Dry Cask Instrumentation
F. Kyle Reed (ORNL), M. Nance Ericson (ORNL), N. Dianne Bull Ezell (ORNL), Roger Kisner (ORNL), Lei Zuo (Virginia Polytechnic Univ.), Haifeng Zhang (Univ. of North Texas)
Paper
Non-Invasive Internal Monitoring of Dry Cask Storage Systems
Ryan M. Meyer (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Morris S. Good (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Ericka L. Forsi (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Christopher A. Hutchinson (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Francesco Luzi (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Samuel W. Glass (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Development Of Ultrasonic Densimeter And Viscometer For Fluid Characterization
Hongbin Sun (ORNL), Ryan C. Gallagher (ORNL), Vivek Rathod (ORNL), Pradeep Ramuhalli (ORNL)
Effect of ZrO2 Thin-Film Coatings on the Corrosion Resistance of AlN Piezoelectric Single Crystal Sensors
Sean Kerrigan (NC State Univ.), Mohamed Bourham (NC State Univ.), Howuk Kim (NC State Univ.), Xiaoning Jiang (NC State Univ.)
Ultrasonically Embedded Sensors for Microreactor Health Monitoring
Christian M. Petrie (ORNL), N. Dianne B. Ezell (ORNL)
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