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NextGen MURR Working Group established in Missouri
The University of Missouri’s Board of Curators has created the NextGen MURR Working Group to serve as a strategic advisory body for the development of the NextGen MURR (University of Missouri Research Reactor).
Technical Session|Net Zero Nuclear
Tuesday, October 8, 2024|1:00–2:45PM MDT|Room 1
Session Chair:
Jhansi Kandasamy
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The Three Dimensions of Nuclear Power: Applications (Replacing all Fossil Fuels), Reactors and Fuel Cycles (Fissile Materials and Waste Management)
1:00–1:20PM MDT
Charles Forsberg (MIT)
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Technoeconomic Assessment of Nuclear Integrated Hydrogen Production in the U.S. Gulf Coast Region
1:20–1:40PM MDT
Wen-Chi Cheng (INL), Nahuel Guaita (INL), Maria A. Herrera Diaz (INL), Kathleen P. Sweeney (INL), L. Todd Knighton (INL)
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Dynamic Modeling of Latent Heat Thermal Battery
1:40–2:00PM MDT
Daniel Mikkelson (INL), Sunming Qin (INL), Jun Soo Yoo (INL)
Towards Net-Zero: Nuclear-Assisted Waste Biomass to Liquid Fuel in Eastern Idaho
2:00–2:20PM MDT
Grant Hawkes (INL), Kathleen Sweeney (INL)
Safety-Related Instrumentation and Control Pilot Project Briefing and Update
2:20–2:40PM MDT
Paul J. Hunton (INL), Mark Samselski (Constellation Energy)
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