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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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MIT Maritime Consortium wins ABS approval
Maritime classification and certification organization the American Bureau of Shipping has granted its approval in principle (AIP) for the integration of a nuclear reactor into a cargo vessel propulsion system, as developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Maritime Consortium. This is the first AIP to be granted to a technology developed through the consortium, which includes founding members MIT, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, and Capital Maritime Group.
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.)
Paper
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)