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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Kentucky disburses $10M in nuclear grants
The Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority (KNEDA) recently distributed its first awards through the new Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program, which was established last year. In total, KNEDA disbursed $10 million to a variety of companies that will use the funding to support siting studies, enrichment supply-chain planning, workforce training, and curriculum development.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fuels and Actinide Materials
Thursday, December 14, 2023|3:10–4:50PM CST|Galerie 3
Session Chair:
Elizabeth S. Sooby (University of Texas at San Antonio)
Alternate Chair:
Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
Track Organizers:
Jian Gan (INL)
Michael Tonks (Univ. Florida)
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Thermodynamic Assessment of NaF-KF-UF4 for Molten Salt Reactor Design
3:10–3:30PM CST
L. Voigt (Seaborg Technologies), M. Fache (JRC European Commission), J. Ocadiz Flores (Delft Univ. Technology), L. Ruszczynski (Delft Univ. Technology), J.T.M. Amphlett (Seaborg Technologies), A.L. Smith (Delft Univ. Technology), O. Beneš (JRC European Commission)
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Accelerated Isothermal MiniFuel Irradiations Using Liquid Metal Encapsulation
3:30–3:50PM CST
Zane Wallen (ORNL), Ryan Gallagher (Kairos Power), Kara Godsey (ORNL), Annabelle Le Coq (ORNL), Christian Petrie (ORNL), Caleb Massey (ORNL), Richard Howard (ORNL), Jorge Navarro (ORNL), Jim Nash (ORNL)
Atomic Scale Investigation of the Effect of Americium on the Properties of Nuclear Oxide Fuels
3:50–4:10PM CST
B. Labonne (CEA), C. Gueneau (CEA), M. Bertolus (CEA)
Correlating Atomic Structure with Elastic Properties in Non-Textured Pyrocarbon
4:10–4:30PM CST
Raphaelle David (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Yongfeng Zhang (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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