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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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The progress so far: An update on the Reactor Pilot Program
It has been about three months since the Department of Energy named 10 companies for its new Reactor Pilot Program, which maps out how the DOE would meet the goal announced by executive order in May of having three reactors achieve criticality by July 4, 2026.
Technical Session|Sponsored by IRD
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|12:00–2:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Laura Jamison (ANL)
Alternate Chair:
Bei Ye (ANL)
Session Organizers:
Erik Wilson (ANL)
Lin-Wen Hu
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Fluid Structure Interaction Analysis for Involute Fuel Plates
Jeremy R. Licht (Argonne National Laboratory), Yiqi Yu (Argonne National Laboratory), Marta Sitek (Argonne National Laboratory), Aurelien X. Bergeron (Argonne National Laboratory), Cezary Bojanowski (Argonne National Laboratory)
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Review of the Technical Basis for Properties and Fuel Performance Data Used in USHPRR HEU to LEU Conversion Analysis Compared to the Preliminary UMo Report
Erik H. Wilson (Argonne National Laboratory), David Jaluvka (Argonne National Laboratory), Walid Mohamed (Argonne National Laboratory), John A. Stillman (Argonne National Laboratory), Laura M. Jamison (Argonne National Laboratory)
Microstructural Evolutions and Thermal Conductivity Degradation on Al-UMo Interface Irradiated by Swift Heavy Ions
Kun Mo (Argonne National Laboratory), Abdellatif M. Yacout (Argonne National Laboratory), S. Sinha (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), M.C. Rajagopal (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), L.A. Nimmagadda (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), J. Shi (Technical University of Munich), Bei Ye (Argonne National Laboratory), Yinbin Miao (Argonne National Laboratory)
Research and Test Reactor Fuel Modeling and Simulation with DART
Bei Ye (Argonne National Laboratory), Aaron Oaks (Argonne national laboratory)
Preliminary Assessment of Structural Behavior of MITR Low-Enriched Uranium Fuel Plates
Erik H. Wilson (Argonne National Laboratory), Cankur F. Cetinbas (Argonne National Laboratory), Hee S. Roh (Argonne National Laboratory), Walid Mohamed (Argonne National Laboratory)
Computational Modeling of the Cheverton and Kelley Experimental Analysis of HFIR Fuel Plate Deflections
Yiqi Yu (Argonne National Laboratory), Jeremy R. Licht (Argonne National Laboratory), Cezary Bojanowski (ANL), Aurelien X. Bergeron (Argonne National Laboratory), Marta Sitek (ANL)
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