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May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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India’s PFBR attains criticality at last
Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed it “a proud moment for India” when on April 6 the 500-MWe, sodium-cooled Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achieved initial criticality. This milestone, which comes some 22 years after the continually delayed PFBR project began, marks India’s entrance into the second stage of its three-stage nuclear program, which has the ultimate goal of supporting the country’s nuclear power program with its significant thorium reserves.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST
Session Chair:
Vincenzo V. Rondinella
Alternate Chair:
Colby B. Jensen
Session Organizer:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
Staff Producer:
Daryl Rizzo (American Nuclear Society)
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Quantifying Fuel Bonding Through Activation Analysis
John E. Barlow (University of Texas at Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (University of Texas at Austin)
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Environmentally Assisted Cracking and Irradiation Embrittlement of Decommissioned Baffle Plates
Yiren Chen (Argonne National Laboratory), Bogdan Alexandreanu (Argonne National Laboratory), Appajosula S. Rao (US NRC)
Finite Element Simulations of Thermal Conductivity of SiC/SiC Composite
Lin Zhang (University of Pittsburgh), Xianping Zhong (University of Pittsburgh), Heng Ban (University of Pittsburgh)
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