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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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OECD NEA meeting focuses on irradiation experiments
Members of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency’s Second Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES-II) joint undertaking gathered from September 29 to October 3 in Ketchum, Idaho, for the technical advisory group and governing board meetings hosted by Idaho National Laboratory. The FIDES-II Framework aims to ensure and foster competences in experimental nuclear fuel and structural materials in-reactor experiments through a diverse set of Joint Experimental Programs (JEEPs).
Technical Session
Saturday, April 10, 2021|11:00AM–12:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Lakshitha Kaleyanda (NCSU)
Alternate Chair:
Ishita Trivedi
Session Organizer:
Edward Chen (NCSU)
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Session Producers:
Alp Tezbasaran (NCSU)
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Review of Nuclear Rocket Instrumentation
Bailey T. Bertrand (University of Tennessee Department of Nuclear Engineering), David M. Sikorski (University of Tennessee Department of Nuclear Engineering), Dan Floyd (University of Tennessee Department of Nuclear Engineering)
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Space Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Design
Arthur E. Chadwick (Virginia Commonwealth University), Meryem Murphy (Virginia Commonwealth University), Gustavo Monge (Virginia Commonwealth University), Ryan Blackwell (Virginia Commonwealth University), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Fast Fission Reactor for Lunar Habitation and Work
Jack DiLoreto (University of Michigan), James K. Pelkey (University of Michigan), Keegan D. Pombier (University of Michigan), Jeremy Eshbaugh (University of Michigan), Dale B. Lancaster (University of Michigan)
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