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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Modernizing I&C for operations and maintenance, one phase at a time
The two reactors at Dominion Energy’s Surry plant are among the oldest in the U.S. nuclear fleet. Yet when the plant celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2023, staff could raise a toast to the future. Surry was one of the first plants to file a subsequent license renewal (SLR) application, and in May 2021, it became official: the plant was licensed to operate for a full 80 years, extending its reactors’ lifespans into 2052 and 2053.
Technical Session|New and Advanced Reactors
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT|Columbia 2
Session Chair:
Mauricio Tano (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Lambert Fick (Kairos)
Session Organizer:
Rui Hu
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Design and Construction of an Integral-Effect Test Facility FLUSTFA for Molten Salt Reactor Applications
10:45–11:05AM EDT
Sheng Zhang (Univ. Michigan), Hsun-Chia Lin (Univ. Michigan), Minghui Chen (Univ. Michigan), Shanbin Shi (Univ. Michigan), Shuai Che (Univ. Michigan), Adam Burak (Univ. Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan), Qiuping Lv (ANL)
Paper
Initial Operation of a High-Temperature Fluoride Salt Test Facility (FLUSTFA): Issues Identified and Paths Forward
11:05–11:25AM EDT
Sheng Zhang (Univ. Michigan), Shuai Che (Univ. Michigan), Adam Burak (Univ. Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan)
Design of a Natural Circulation Experiment to Investigate Flow Stability
11:25–11:45AM EDT
J.S. Narvaez Arrua (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), P. Rubiolo (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), J. Giraud (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), V. Ghetta (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), A. Cammi (Politecnico di Milano), S. Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano)
Flow-Informed Corrosion in Molten Salts Using the Poisson-Nernst-Planck Model
11:45AM–12:05PM EDT
M. Tano (INL), S. Walker (INL), A. Abou-Jaoude (INL)
Fuel Flow Modeling Under Thermal Fluidics Considerations Within Operational Domains of Molten Salt Reactors
12:05–12:25PM EDT
Thabit M. Abuqudaira (TAMU), Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
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