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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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INL researchers use LEDs to shed light on next-gen reactors
At Idaho National Laboratory, researchers have built a bridge between computer models and the lab’s Microreactor Applications Research Validation and Evaluation (MARVEL) microreactor.
Tony Crawford, an INL researcher and MARVEL’s reactivity control system lead, designed a phone booth–sized surrogate nuclear reactor called ViBRANT, or Visual Benign Reactor as Analog for Nuclear Testing, which uses light instead of neutrons to show a “nuclear” reaction.
Technical Session|Fission Surface Power/Nuclear Electric Propulsion
Wednesday, May 8, 2024|3:15–4:55PM MDT|Sweeney B
Session Chair:
Mikaela Blood (Lockheed Martin)
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RANS-CFD Simulation of Cryogenic Tank Depressurization by Jet Induced Mixing
3:15–3:40PM MDT
Eymon Lan (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Shanbin Shi (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
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Tolerance Stacks in the Methods, Solvers and User Applications of Analytical Techniques for Small Reactors
3:40–4:05PM MDT
Herschel P. Smith (BWX Technologies, Inc.)
Monte Carlo-Based Shield Mass Modeling for a Reference NEP Reactor
4:05–4:30PM MDT
Alexander Foutch (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Reed Herner (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Corey Smith (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.)
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