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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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India’s PFBR attains criticality at last
Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed it “a proud moment for India” when on April 6 the 500-MWe, sodium-cooled Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achieved initial criticality. This milestone, which comes some 22 years after the continually delayed PFBR project began, marks India’s entrance into the second stage of its three-stage nuclear program, which has the ultimate goal of supporting the country’s nuclear power program with its significant thorium reserves.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by OPD
Monday, June 12, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EDT|Tennessee
Session Chair:
John H. Jackson
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Alex Huning (ORNL)
This session will primarily focus on the research and development activities at various universities under DOE Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research Program supporting DOE microreactor program needs in the area of thermal hydraulics, materials, instrumentation and sensors, control system, advanced manufacturing, economics, siting criteria and market studies.
Isabel Candido
MIT
Caleb Brooks
Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Stylianos Chatzidakis
Purdue
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