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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Kentucky disburses $10M in nuclear grants
The Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority (KNEDA) recently distributed its first awards through the new Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program, which was established last year. In total, KNEDA disbursed $10 million to a variety of companies that will use the funding to support siting studies, enrichment supply-chain planning, workforce training, and curriculum development.
Technical Session|Methods
Tuesday, April 23, 2024|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Franciscan D
Session Chair:
Nader Satvat (Kairos Power)
Alternate Chair:
Marianna Papadionysiou (Paul Scherrer Institute)
Session Organizer:
Mathieu Hursin (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
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On the Impact of Fuel Velocity Profile on Loss of Delayed Neutron Precursors in the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment
10:15–10:35AM PDT
Mario Ponce Tovar (Seaborg Technologies), Lorenz Fischer (Seaborg Technologies), Lubomir Bures (Seaborg Technologies)
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Development of the Molten Salt Reactor Application in French Reference System Code CATHARE3
10:35–10:55AM PDT
Ruggero Rosselli (CEA), Nathan Greiner (CEA), Marine Anderhuber (CEA), Théotime Le Borgne de Palfray (CEA)
Presented by Mathis Caprais (CEA)
Development of a Delayed Neutron Precursor Tracking Module for Molten Salt Reactors in the iMC Monte Carlo Code
10:55–11:15AM PDT
Inyup Kim (KAIST), Taesuk Oh (KAIST), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
Quantifying Uncertainties: Evaluating the Impact of Molten Salt Thermal Property Variability on Reactor Operation
11:15–11:35AM PDT
Davide Rotilio (Univ. California, Berkeley), Mauricio Tano (INL), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Samuel Walker (INL), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley), Renato Gatto (Sapienza Univ. di Roma)
Squirrel; a MOOSE Based App for Solving Quasi-Static Point Kinetics in Molten Salt Reactors
11:35–11:55AM PDT
P. Pfahl (Technical Univ. Denmark), A. Chambon (Technical Univ. Denmark), J. Groth-Jensen (Seaborg Technologies), B. Lauritzen (Technical Univ. Denmark)
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