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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Illinois legislature lifts ban on nuclear energy, funds clean energy
The Illinois General Assembly passed a clean energy bill on October 30 that would, in part, lift a 30-year moratorium on new nuclear energy in the state and create incentives for more energy storage.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by RPD
Monday, November 18, 2024|3:15–5:00PM EST|Biscayne 1
Session Chair:
Nicholas V. Smith
Alternate Chair:
James A. King
Session Organizer:
Abdalla Abou-Jaoude
The US Department of Energy awarded a risk reduction award to Southern Company and Terrapower in collaboration with Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to demonstrate the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE). The reactor is expected to be the first critical fast Molten Salt Reactor in history and will be housed at the LOTUS testbed at INL. This project recently completed its preliminary design and is forging ahead to build a non-nuclear prototype of the system. This panel will provide a status update on the progress being made towards the deployment of this one-of-a-kind reactor.
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