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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Fusion research tackles fuel and instrumentation challenges
Three research groups are reporting fusion-related developments, including ongoing work toward spin-polarized fusion, a new plasma diagnostic tool heading to the National Ignition Facility, and a materials science project that could impact the design of inertial confinement fusion fuel targets.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fuels and Actinide Materials
Tuesday, December 12, 2023|3:10–4:50PM CST|Galerie 3
Session Chair:
Fidelma Giulia Di Lemma (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
Track Organizers:
Jian Gan (INL)
Michael Tonks (Univ. Florida)
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Machine Learning Interatomic Potential for Qualitative Reproduction of Phase Transition of Metal Uranium at Ambient Pressure
3:10–3:30PM CST
Jae-Hyuk Kim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Takuji Oda (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
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Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of the Fuel Cladding Chemical Interaction Layer Forming in a U-10Zr Fuel Sample Irradiated to High Burnup
3:30–3:50PM CST
D. Salvato (INL), A. Pradhan (INL), F. Xu (INL), K.M. Paaren (INL), F. Teng (INL), F. Di. Lemma (INL), L. Capriotti (INL), T. Yao (INL)
A Study in the Thermal Transport Properties of Sodium-Bonded U-Zr Metallic Fuels for Fast Reactors
3:50–4:10PM CST
Cynthia Adkins (INL), Daniele Salvato (INL), Tiankai Yao (INL)
Scanning Electron Microscopy on Innovative Advance Reactor Metallic Fuel Concepts
4:10–4:30PM CST
Luca Capriotti (INL), Fidelma G. Di Lemma (INL), Daniele Salvato (INL), Tammy L. Trowbridge (INL), Fei Xu (INL), Tiankai Yao (INL), Jason M. Harp (ORNL)
Advanced Cladding Irradiation Experiment Capabilities at HFIR
4:30–4:50PM CST
P.A. Champlin (ORNL), A.G. Le Coq (ORNL), K.D. Linton (ORNL), C.M. Petrie (ORNL)
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