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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NN Asks: What does it take to build a domestic fuel salt supply chain?
Adam Burak
We need facilities capable of converting uranium and thorium feedstocks into salts, as well as a source of thorium, if we are to build a domestic fuel salt supply chain.
Our current supply chain provides a potential pathway to produce one type of fuel salt. The Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory used uranium trifluoride/uranium tetrafluoride (UF3/4) as fuel in the late 1960s, and some current developers are following suit. Uranium hexafluoride (UF6) made as part of the enrichment process could be reduced to uranium fluoride salts with a +3 or +4 valence state. However, as oxygen and moisture are critical impurities for molten salt, a facility with the capability to properly handle molten salts would be necessary.
Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|San Simeon B
Session Chair:
Bao-Wen Yang
Alternate Chair:
Jun Liao
Session Organizer:
W. David Pointer
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Realistic Loss-of-Coolant Accident Analysis of a Boiling Water Reactor for Licensing Base Revision
J. Hagaman (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), K. Muftuoglu (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), S. Lafountain (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), B. Sarikaya (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), P. Sharpe (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
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Analysis of Flow Instability Onset in a BWR Rod Bundle Geometry
P. Hurley (Virginia Tech), Y. Liu (Virginia Tech), J.P. Duarte (Virginia Tech), M. Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), T. Kozlowski (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Design Study of CRUD Thermal Properties Characterization Facility DISNY Under Pressurized Water Reactor Normal Operating Condition
Ji Yong Kim (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), Hyeon Ji Kim (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), In Cheol Bang (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology)
Two-Phase Flow Upscaling Method in a Macroporous Medium
Tanguy Herry (CEA), Emma Nguyen (CEA), Bruno Raverdy (CEA), Stéphane Mimouni (EDF)
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