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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
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Redondo
Session Chair:
Subash Sharma (UMass Lowell)
Alternate Chair:
Trevor Howard (Oregon State)
Session Organizers:
Matthew D. Zimmer (Naval Nuclear Lab)
Xu Wu (NCSU)
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CFD Analysis of the Sodium-Water Reaction in the Minichannel of PCSG Designed for SFR
Taewoo Kim (Korea Univ. Science and Technology), Hyun-Sik Park (KAERI), Sang Ji Kim (KAERI)
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A Multiphysics Framework Using High Resolution DNS to Optimize Conditions for Plasma Formation
Naveen Pillai (NCSU), Nicholas L. Sponsel (NCSU), Katharina Stapelmann (NCSU), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)
A Conceptual Study of Air Curtain on the Reactor Vessel Auxiliary Cooling System
Jaejin Choi (KAIST), Yong Hoon Jeong (KAIST)
Development of Integrated Safety Analysis Code with Capability of Detailed Simulation for Multiple Fuel Rods
Yunseok Lee (Incheon National Univ.), Jaeseung Suh (SenTech Co.), Taewan Kim (Incheon National Univ.)
LES of Natural Convection Along the Vertical Wall Applied for the Scale of Small Modular Reactor ( Ra*≈10^19)
Songzhi Yang (CEA), Ulrich Bieder (CEA)
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