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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Kairos Power finalizes contract on HALEU for Hermes
Kairos Power has finalized a contract with the Department of Energy to receive high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) from the agency for the company’s Hermes low-power demonstration reactor, currently under construction in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
In partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory, Kairos intends to use the DOE-provided material to produce HALEU TRISO fuel pebbles for Hermes. The company views the Hermes test reactor and the fuel fabrication program as crucial to the eventual success of its power-producing Hermes 2 demonstration plant, also to be sited in Oak Ridge, and future commercial fluoride salt–cooled high-temperature reactors.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Tuesday, June 13, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|Marriott 2
Session Chair:
Donna Guillen (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Izabela Gutowska (OSU)
Session Organizer:
Marilyn Delgado
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High Temperature Gas Reactor Coolant Break Size and Temperature Impact on Reactor Cavity Oxygen Concentration
1:00–1:20PM EDT
Derek W. Kultgen (Purdue), Shripad T. Revankar (Purdue), Benjamin C. Billett (Purdue), Andrew J. Bergeon (Purdue)
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Integration of an Electrically Heated DC Rod for the Transient Reactor Test Loop
1:20–1:40PM EDT
Allison Wilson (Oregon State), Trevor Kent Howard (Oregon State), Jaden Miller (Oregon State), Musa Moussaoui (Oregon State), Guillaume Mignot (Oregon State), Aaron Weiss (Oregon State), Wade Marcum (Oregon State)
Pressure Drop Measurements of Twisted Tape Inserts with Smaller Widths for Advanced Reactor Applications
1:40–2:00PM EDT
Arturo Cabral (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Cody S. Wiggins (ORNL), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Experimental Investigations of Natural Circulation by Convection Heat Transfer in a Plenum-to-Plenum Dual Channel Facility
2:00–2:20PM EDT
Zeyad Zeitoun (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Ahmed Jasim (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Mahmoud M. Taha (Alexandria Univ.), Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
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