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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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The progress so far: An update on the Reactor Pilot Program
It has been about three months since the Department of Energy named 10 companies for its new Reactor Pilot Program, which maps out how the DOE would meet the goal announced by executive order in May of having three reactors achieve criticality by July 4, 2026.
Technical Session|Special Topics
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|9:00–10:20AM EDT|Columbia 1
Session Chair:
Lane B. Carasik
Alternate Chair:
Caleb S. Brooks
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Fully Implicit Conjugate Heat Transfer Analysis of the ARC-Class Vacuum Vessel
9:00–9:20AM EDT
Arpan Sircar (ORNL), Katarzyna Borowiec (ORNL), Jin Whan Bae (ORNL), Vittorio Badalassi (ORNL), Jerome Solberg (LLNL)
Paper
Design and Analysis of a Novel Molten Salt Fusion Breeder Blanket System Using SAM
9:20–9:40AM EDT
Trevor C. Franklin (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Ryan P. McGuire (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Amelie M. Lutz (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Sierra A. Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Simulations of Heat Transfer Using Tight Fitting Twisted Tape Inserts for 1st Wall Cooling in Molten Salt Breeder Blankets
9:40–10:00AM EDT
Sierra Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Ryan P. McGuire (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Trevor C. Franklin (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Amelie M. Lutz (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Carter E. Steward (Virginia Military Institute)
Thermal Hydraulic and Mechanical Assessment of the DTT ICRH Antenna
10:00–10:20AM EDT
Ranieri Marinari (ENEA), Pietro Maccari (ENEA), Alessandro Del Nevo (ENEA), Nicolò Badodi (Politecnico di Milano), Silvio Ceccuzzi (ENEA), Gianluca Camera (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II), Giuseppe Di Gironimo (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)
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