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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NextGen MURR to partner with Burns & McDonnell
The University of Missouri has entered a consulting agreement with construction firm Burns & McDonnell to develop NextGen MURR, a new 20-MW light water research reactor that will produce medical isotopes for cancer treatments and theranostics and will be used to conduct neutron science research.
Technical Session
Wednesday, May 10, 2023|3:45–5:25PM MDT|Boise Room
Session Chair:
Lee S. Mason
Alternate Chair:
Vedant Mehta
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Neutronic Feasibility of Ultra-Compact, Long-Life Molten Salt Metal Reactor (MSMR)
3:45–4:05PM MDT
Jaehyun Ryu (KAIST), Eunhyug Lee (KAIST), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
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Preliminary Heat-Transfer Modelling of In-Core Thermoelectric Conversion for Small-Scale Space Reactors
4:05–4:25PM MDT
Ramy Mesalam (Univ. Leicester), Agostino Muratto (Univ. Leicester), Richard M. Ambrosi (Univ. Leicester)
An Initial Look at the Heat Pipe Resiliency to Reactor Operation
4:25–4:45PM MDT
Vedant K. Mehta (LANL), Sebastian C. Corbisiero (INL), Dasari V. Rao (LANL)
Physics Model Considerations for Nanocomposite Shielding in High Energy Proton Fields
4:45–5:05PM MDT
Justina A.M. Freilich (Oregon State), Camille J. Palmer (Oregon State)
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