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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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The current status of heat pipe R&D
Idaho National Laboratory under the Department of Energy–sponsored Microreactor Program recently conducted a comprehensive phenomena identification and ranking table (PIRT) exercise aimed at advancing heat pipe technology for microreactor applications.
Technical Session|Condensed Matter Physics
Wednesday, September 11, 2024|3:00–3:50PM EDT|Gold Ballroom
Session Chair:
Eric D. Bauer
Alternate Chair:
Jason R. Jeffries
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Indications of Flat Bands Driving the Alpha to Delta Volume Collapse of Plutonium
3:00–3:30PM EDT
Neil Harrison (LANL), Greta L. Chappell (LANL), Paul H. Tobash (LANL)
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Swelling of Heated Aged Plutonium Metal and the Transition to a Metal Foam
3:30–3:50PM EDT
J.P. Lestone (LANL)
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