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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Radfest at Argonne kicks off ANS Annual Conference
The day before the 2025 ANS Annual Conference officially began in Chicago, the air was abuzz with the crackle of Geiger counters at Argonne National Laboratory in neighboring Lemont, Ill., where about 100 visitors from across the country attended an outreach and education event hosted by the American Nuclear Society.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|3:15–5:00PM EST|Grouper
Session Chair:
Zach Sellers (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Assil Halimi (MIT)
Session Organizer:
William N. Mann
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An Integrated Operation and Simulation Approach for Design and Analysis of Molten Salt-Based Systems
3:15–3:35PM EST
Tristan R. Villarreal (Univ. Texas, Austin), Ethan R. Rozak (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)
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Core-Physics Features and Analysis of the Integral Compact Reactor
3:35–3:55PM EST
Assil Halimi (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Comparative Analysis of Heat Exchangers for High-Temperature High-Pressure Helium Component Testing
3:55–4:15PM EST
Zachary Sellers (INL), Silvino Balderrama (INL), David Arcilesi (Univ. Idaho), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Robustness of DRL Control for Long-Term Operating S-CO2 Microreactor
4:15–4:35PM EST
Jeong Yeol Baek (KAIST), Jeong Min Baek (KAIST), Jeong Ik Lee (KAIST)
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