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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Project delivers a universal waste canister for advanced reactors
Nuclear waste disposal technology company Deep Isolation Nuclear has announced the completion of a three-year project to manufacture, physically test, and validate a disposal-ready universal canister system (UCS) for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste from advanced reactors.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|10:00–11:45AM EST
Session Chair:
Simon M. Pimblott
Alternate Chair:
Kallie E. Metzger
Session Organizer:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
Staff Producer:
Jessie Vazquez (American Nuclear Society)
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Chemical Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Molten Salt Systems
Simon M. Pimblott (Idaho National Laboratory), James F. Wishart (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Jay A. LaVerne (University of Notre Dame), Alejandro Ramos (University of Notre Dame), Kazuhiro Iwamatsu (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Gregory Horne (Idaho National Laboratory), Ruchi Gakhar (Idaho National Laboratory)
Paper
Needle Probe for Measuring Thermal Conductivity of Molten Salts
Brian Merritt (Brigham Young University), Troy Munro (Brigham Young University), Kurt Davis (Idaho National Laboratory), McKay Wilkerson (Brigham Young University), Peter Hartvigsen (Brigham Young University)
Fuel-Cladding Mechanical Interactions in a Small Pin-Type FHR with SiC Cladding
Anna S. Erickson (Georgia Institute of Technology), Nicholas Fassino (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Presentation Video — Backup Recording
Compatibility of 316H in Flowing Fluoride Salt at 550°-650°C
Stephen Raiman (ORNL), James R. Keiser (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Dino Sulejmanovic (ORNL), James M. Kurley III (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Bruce A. Pint (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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