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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Diablo Canyon gets key state approval
Pacific Gas & Electric has announced that the California Coastal Commission, the state agency in charge of protecting California’s roughly 840 miles of coastline, unanimously voted to approve the Act Consistency Certification and Coastal Development Permit for Diablo Canyon, a critical step in the utility’s work to extend the life of the nuclear power plant.
Technical Session|Nuclear Fuels and Materials
Saturday, April 5, 2025|1:40–3:00PM MDT|Valle Grande 1
Session Chair:
Jared Justice
Alternate Chair:
Shane M. Evans
Session Organizer:
Ashley Machado
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Machine Learning Applications for Helium Bubble Growth Tracking of In-situ Annealed 316L-SS Pre-Implanted with Helium
1:40–2:00PM MDT
Justin Hamil (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Kai Sun (Univ. Michigan), Kevin G. Field (Univ. Michigan), Yachun Wang (INL)
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Effects of Gamma Radiation on Potential Organic Coolants for Nuclear Reactors
2:00–2:20PM MDT
Sarah Driscoll (Vanderbilt Univ.), Arunkumar Seshadri (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Effect of Surface Roughness on Corrosion Behavior of Hastelloy C276 and SS316 in KCl-LiCl Molten Salt at 500°C
2:20–2:40PM MDT
Furkan Erdogan (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Characterizing WC Composites for Applications in Molten Salt Heat Exchangers
2:40–3:00PM MDT
Kevin Lam (U.S. Naval Academy), Joseph Latta (U.S. Naval Academy), Elizabeth Getto (U.S. Naval Academy)
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