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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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India’s PFBR attains criticality at last
Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed it “a proud moment for India” when on April 6 the 500-MWe, sodium-cooled Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achieved initial criticality. This milestone, which comes some 22 years after the continually delayed PFBR project began, marks India’s entrance into the second stage of its three-stage nuclear program, which has the ultimate goal of supporting the country’s nuclear power program with its significant thorium reserves.
Technical Session|Lightning Talks
Friday, April 5, 2024|3:15–4:35PM EDT|Hallowell Nuclear Innovation Commons
Session Chair:
Jacob Maxeiner (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog (Penn State University)
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Thermal Diffusivity of Tungsten Ion Irradiated Tungsten-Tantalum Alloys as Measured by Transient Grating Spectroscopy
3:15–3:25PM EDT
Emilio Ahuactzin-Garcia (MIT), Michael P. Short (MIT), Angus Wylie (MIT), Emre Yildirim (Univ. Manchester)
Paper
Precipitation of Noble Metal Phase Particles: Testing a Hypothesis That Precipitation Rates, Combined with Production and Depletion Rates During the Fission Process, Result in Fractionation of Fission Product Isotopes Bound in the Particles
3:25–3:35PM EDT
Dan Williams (Penn State), Jon Schwantes (Penn State), Jilang Miao (Penn State)
Measurements of Thermal Conductivity of 3D Printed Resin Using a Simple Tabletop Setup
3:35–3:45PM EDT
Ryan P. McGuire (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Investigation Into a Simplified Method For Measuring Thermal Conductivity of UV Resin
3:45–3:55PM EDT
Ethan M. Villarreal (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Ryan P. McGuire (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Connor F. Donlan (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Examination of the Messmer Plan and Comparison to the Development of United Sates Industry
3:55–4:05PM EDT
Tor S. Maldonado (Oregon State)
High-Throughput First-Principles Approach to Analyzing Radiation-Induced Defects in Al--Ga--N Materials
4:05–4:15PM EDT
Alexander S. Hauck (Penn State), Miaomiao Jin (Penn State), Blair R. Tuttle (Penn State Behrend)
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The Public's View of Nuclear Power and The Benefit for Ion Propulsion
4:15–4:25PM EDT
Ian R Mullins (Oregon State)
Main Control Room Redesign for Human-System Optimization
4:25–4:35PM EDT
Jake Mitstifer (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Riley J. Fisher (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Madeline M. Morasca (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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