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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Kairos Power finalizes contract on HALEU for Hermes
Kairos Power has finalized a contract with the Department of Energy to receive high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) from the agency for the company’s Hermes low-power demonstration reactor, currently under construction in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
In partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory, Kairos intends to use the DOE-provided material to produce HALEU TRISO fuel pebbles for Hermes. The company views the Hermes test reactor and the fuel fabrication program as crucial to the eventual success of its power-producing Hermes 2 demonstration plant, also to be sited in Oak Ridge, and future commercial fluoride salt–cooled high-temperature reactors.
Technical Session|Special Topics
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT|Gunston East/West
Session Chair:
Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Alternate Chair:
Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
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Lead Fast Reactor Thermal Hydraulic Testing Facilities in Support of the UK Advanced Modular Reactor Program
10:45–11:05AM EDT
J. Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), C. A. Stansbury (Westinghouse Electric Co.), M. E. Durse (Westinghouse Electric Co.), D. L. Wise (Westinghouse Electric Co.), E. Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), T. G. Loebig (Westinghouse Electric Co.), R. F. Wright (Westinghouse Electric Co.), P. Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.), S.J. Lee (Fauske & Assoc.), M. Epstein (Fauske & Assoc.), M. Caramello (Ansaldo Nucleare), M. Frignani (Ansaldo Nucleare), M. Tarantino (ENEA), G. Grasso (ENEA), I. Di Piazza (ENEA), S. Bassini (ENEA), P. Lorusso (ENEA), A. Antonelli (ENEA), D. Martelli (ENEA), A. Wimshurst (Frazer-Nash Consultancy), R. Watkins (Frazer-Nash Consultancy), G. Macpherson (Frazer-Nash Consultancy), D. Wilson (Univ. Manchester), H. Iacovides (Univ. Manchester), A. Cioncolini (Univ. Manchester), J. Francis (Univ. Manchester), J. Buckley (Univ. Manchester)
Paper
Evaluation of Steam Explosion in the Lead-Water Interaction Test Facility for Westinghouse Lead Fast Reactor Development
11:05–11:25AM EDT
M. Epstein (Fauske & Assoc.), S.J. Lee (Fauske & Assoc.), M. Tarantino (ENEA), F. Hattab (ENEA), P. Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Testing Innovative Decay Heat Removal System Through the Passive Heat Removal Facility (PHRF): Facility Description and Early Testing in Support to Lead Fast Reactor Development
11:25–11:45AM EDT
M. Caramello (Ansaldo Nucleare), M. Frignani (Ansaldo Nucleare), A. Cocucci (Ansaldo Nucleare), M. Tarantino (ENEA), J. Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), R.F. Wright (Westinghouse Electric Co.), P. Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Testing Key Lead Fast Reactor Components Through the Versatile Loop Facility (VLF): Facility Description and Early Testing in Support to Lead Fast Reactor Development
11:45AM–12:05PM EDT
M. Caramello (Ansaldo Nucleare), M. Frignani (Ansaldo Nucleare), A. Cocucci (Ansaldo Nucleare), M. Tarantino (ENEA), C. Stansbury (Westinghouse Electric Co.), P. Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
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