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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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New financing round benefits Valar
Hawthorne, Calif.–based reactor start-up Valar Atomics recently announced that it has raised $130 million in its Series A funding round, led by venture capital groups Snowpoint, Day One, and Dream.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Monday, June 12, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EDT|Marriott 1
Session Chair:
Aaron S. Epiney
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Mihai A. Diaconeasa
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Transient CHF Analysis Within TREAT Using RELAP5-3D
3:15–3:35PM EDT
Nicholas A. Meehan (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Charles P. Folsom (INL)
Paper
An Introduction to Microreactor Licensing Basis Events
3:35–3:55PM EDT
Alexander J. Huning (ORNL), Steven A. Arndt (ORNL), Jason A. Christensen (INL)
Practical Lessons from Revisiting the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident
3:55–4:15PM EDT
Ali Ayoub (MIT), Haruko Wainwright (MIT)
Fuel Salt Sampling and Enriching Technology Design Development Update -- Failure Modes and Effects Analysis and Safeguardability Checklist Analysis
4:15–4:35PM EDT
Megan Harkema (Vanderbilt Univ.), Steve Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.), Paul Marotta (Vanderbilt Univ.)
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