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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Aalo Atomics discusses the road ahead
Yasir Arafat, president and chief technology officer of Aalo Atomics, participated in the first day of sessions at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s annual Regulatory Information Conference (RIC). There, he recapped some of the company’s recent milestones and revealed new details on what lies ahead for Aalo.
His attendance at the event coincided with a number of announcements in the past two weeks. Those announcements covered new contracts with Global Nuclear Fuel and Baker Hughes, the release of a new strategic roadmap, the completion of fuel enrichment by Urenco USA, and a new approval from the Department of Energy.
Technical Session|Nuclear Fuels and Materials
Saturday, April 5, 2025|10:35–11:55AM MDT|Valle Grande 1
Session Chair:
Jared Justice
Alternate Chair:
Shane M. Evans
Session Organizer:
Ashley Machado
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Diffusion Barrier Coatings for Liquid Metal Corrosion Resistance in Next-Generation Nuclear Reactors
10:35–10:55AM MDT
Alexander A. Hromiak (Virginia Tech), Amanda Leong (Virginia Tech), Richard Fink (Applied Nanotech, Inc.), Jinsuo Zhang (Virginia Tech)
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Characterization of Compositionally Complex Alloys for Environmental Extremes
10:55–11:15AM MDT
Sicilia B. Christadore (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Sydney E. Copp (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Steven J. Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Additive Manufacturing of Medium and High Entropy Alloys Using Elemental and Alloy Powders
11:15–11:35AM MDT
Aaron M. Holzer (Univ. New Mexico), Jared A. Justice (Univ. New Mexico), Pankaj Kumar (Univ. New Mexico), Scott Halliday (Navajo Technical Univ.), Osman Anderoglu (Univ. New Mexico)
Electrochemical Corrosion Behavior of Cold Sprayed Alloy 625 (UNS-N06625) in Molten Chloride at 600 °C
11:35–11:55AM MDT
Mamata Adhikari (Univ. Idaho), Kavindan Balakrishnan (Univ. Idaho), Krishnan Raja (Univ. Idaho), Indrajit Charit (Univ. Idaho)
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