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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC grants Clinton and Dresden license renewals
Three commercial power reactors across two Illinois nuclear power plants—Constellation’s Clinton and Dresden—have had their licenses renewed for 20 more years by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Technical Session
Wednesday, October 8, 2025|1:00–2:40PM CDT|Salon B
Session Chair:
Patrick Raynaud
Co-Chair:
Phil Sharpe
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A Thorium Molten Salt Reactor That Only Needs Refueling with Fertile Fuel
1:00–1:25PM CDT
Lorenzo Chierici (Copenhagen Atomics), Aslak Stubsgaard (Copenhagen Atomics), Thomas J. Pedersen (Copenhagen Atomics)
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Pin-Type Fluoride Salt-Cooled Reactor Assembly Optimization with Neutronics and Fuel Performance Considerations
1:25–1:50PM CDT
Viktoriia Hozhyk (Univ. Cambridge), Alejandra De Lara (Univ. Cambridge), Eugene Shwageraus (Univ. Cambridge)
Investigation of Burn-up Dependent Thermo-mechanical Behavior of Heat-Pipe Cooled Microreactors
1:50–2:15PM CDT
Chiara Genoni (Texas A&M), Vefa N. Kucukboyaci (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Mangiatrotti), Alessandro Scolaro (EPFL), Carlo Fiorina (Texas A&M)
Power Density Uprates through High Surface-to-Volume Fuels in Integral Pressurized Water Reactors
2:15–2:40PM CDT
Assil Halimi (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
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