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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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After nearly three weeks of a government shutdown, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has furloughed 1,400 employees and has retained 400 as essential employees who will continue working without pay.
Technical Session|Reactor Physics
Saturday, April 6, 2024|1:35–2:55PM EDT|Hosler Room 026
Session Chair:
Katheren R. Bosson Nantes (Penn State University)
Alternate Chair:
Jacob Maxeiner (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan Balog (Penn State University)
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A Novel Stationary Molten Salt Reactor Design for Spent Nuclear Fuel Burning
1:35–1:55PM EDT
Justin P. Shurie (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Robert Krushelnisky (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Caleb T. King (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), William E. Strom (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Neutronics Benchmark Studies on the Hallam Nuclear Power Facility (HNPF) First Core Loading
1:55–2:15PM EDT
Justin P. Shurie (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Use of Bilinear Interpolation with the Fission Matrix Method for the Molten Salt Fast Reactor
2:15–2:35PM EDT
Maximiliano Dalinger (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), William J. Walters (Penn State), Saya Lee (Penn State)
Coupled Multiphysics Modeling of the Kilowatt Reactor Using Stirling TechnologY (KRUSTY)
2:35–2:55PM EDT
Mahmoud Eltawila (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), April J. Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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