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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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New Mexico Nuclear Alliance begins its advocacy work
The New Mexico Nuclear Alliance made its official debut as a nuclear energy advocate in late October, when founder Scott Lopez spoke with state lawmakers during a meeting of the New Mexico legislature’s Science, Technology and Telecommunications Committee, held at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces.
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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