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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Researchers use one-of-a-kind expertise and capabilities to test fuels of tomorrow
At the Idaho National Laboratory Hot Fuel Examination Facility, containment box operator Jake Maupin moves a manipulator arm into position around a pencil-thin nuclear fuel rod. He is preparing for a procedure that he and his colleagues have practiced repeatedly in anticipation of this moment in the hot cell.
Technical Session|Nuclear Fuels and Materials
Friday, April 5, 2024|3:15–4:35PM EDT|Hammond Room 220
Session Chair:
Caroline E. Ishak
Alternate Chair:
Katheren R. Bosson Nantes (Penn State)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog (Penn State)
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Enhancing Performance of Corrosion Resistant Alloys in Molten FLiNaK Salts
3:15–3:35PM EDT
Gabriel Lewis (Univ. Idaho)
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X-ray Fluorescent Assessment of Surface Defects on Chromium-Coated Zircaloy-4 Cladding
3:35–3:55PM EDT
James T. Cahill (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Carlos Castano (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Reza Mohammadi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Radioisotope Retention in Molten Lead for LFR Source Term
3:55–4:15PM EDT
Michael A. Trombetta (Univ. New Mexico), Shuprio Ghosh (Univ. New Mexico), Malak Bani-Melhem (Univ. New Mexico)
Cladding Sputter Coating Diagnostics
4:15–4:35PM EDT
Krishna Nimmalagadda (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Aryan Panigrahi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Brady T. Moore (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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