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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Leak-tightness test on deck for SRS mega unit
The Savannah River Site in South Carolina will begin a leak-tightness test to qualify the megavolume Saltstone Disposal Unit (SDU) 10 to store up to 33 million gallons of solidified, decontaminated salt solution produced at the site.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Wednesday, November 12, 2025|8:00–9:45AM EST|Cardozo
Session Chair:
Cynthia Adkins
Alternate Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
Session Organizer:
Jake R. Quincey
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Identified Gaps in FLiBe Fuel Salt Thermal Physical Properties for NRC Licensing
8:00–8:20AM EST
Dilan Kurukulasuriya (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth University), Stephen T. Lam (University of Massachusetts at Lowell)
Paper
Safety Analysis on Fission Induced Thermophysical Property Alterations of MCFR Fuel Salt
8:20–8:40AM EST
D. Nathanael Gardner (Univ. California, Berkeley), Zachary A. Falkowski (Univ. California, Berkeley), Ludovic Jantzen (Univ. California, Berkeley), Juan M. Barrera Salazar (Univ. California, Berkeley), Massimiliano Fratoni (University of California Berkeley), Raluca O. Scarlat (University of California Berkeley)
Archimedes Method for Molten Salt Density Using Vacuum Oil
8:40–9:00AM EST
Brindley E. Wade (TAMU), Luis H. Ortega (TAMU), Delia Perez-Nunez (TAMU), T. D. Stout (Texas A&M University)
Viscosity Measurements of Molten LiCl-KCl via Passive Microrheology
9:00–9:20AM EST
Hayden S. Bland (North Carolina State University), Alexander W. Bataller (North Carolina State University)
In situ Electrochemical Detection of Corrosion Products from Molten Salt Pump Candidate Materials
9:20–9:40AM EST
Michael Borrello (University of California Berkeley), Raluca O. Scarlat (University of California Berkeley)
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