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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Nominations open for CNTA awards
Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness is accepting nominations for its Fred C. Davison Distinguished Scientist Award and its Nuclear Service Award. Nominations for both awards must be submitted by August 1.
The awards will be presented this fall as part of the CNTA’s annual Edward Teller Lecture event.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Monday, November 16, 2020|1:00–3:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Maria A. Okuniewski
Alternate Chair:
Colby B. Jensen
Session Organizer:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
Staff Producer:
Jessie Vazquez (American Nuclear Society)
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Building a Molten-Salt Forced-Circulation Loop for the MIT Reactor
Charles W. Forsberg (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Kevin R. Robb (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Raluca O. Scarlat (University of California at Berkeley), Ayman I. Hawari (North Carolina State University), David M. Carpenter (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Paper
Overpower Testing of TCR Fuel in TREAT
Daniel M. Wachs (Idaho National Laboratory), Gokul Vasudevamurthy (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Kurt A. Terrani (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Trevor Smuin (Idaho National Laboratory), Daniel Schappel (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Matthew Ramirez (Idaho National Laboratory), Kory Linton (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Connie M. Hill (Idaho National Laboratory), Joshua D. Fishler (Idaho National Laboratory), Daniel Chapman (Idaho National Laboratory), Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (Idaho National Laboratory)
Enabling Future Microreactor Testing with the NIMBLE Platform in TREAT
Daniel M. Wachs (Idaho National Laboratory), Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (Idaho National Laboratory), Begona Aranguren (Texas A&M University College Station), Daniel B. Chapman (Idaho National Laboratory), Kayla Clements (University of Florida), Aaron S. Epiney (Idaho National Laboratory), Austin D. Fleming (Idaho National Laboratory), Justin T. Johnson (Idaho National Laboratory), Matthew R. Ramirez (Idaho National Laboratory), John D. Bess (Idaho National Laboratory), Kevan D. Weaver (Idaho National Laboratory)
Thermal Design Analysis Supporting a Loss of Coolant Accident Experiment at TREAT
Robert J. Armstrong (INL), Charles P. Folsom (Idaho National Laboratory), Colby B. Jensen (Idaho National Laboratory), Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (Idaho National Laboratory)
A Novel In-situ Creep Capsule Design for the Versatile Test Reactor
Dulus Owen (Purdue University), Maria A. Okuniewski (Purdue University)
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