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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NRC dockets construction permit for Dow, X-energy SMR
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted Dow’s construction permit application to build an X-energy small modular reactor in Seadrift, Texas.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|2:30–4:15PM EST
Session Chair:
Heng Ban
Alternate Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
Session Organizer:
Staff Producer:
Jessie Vazquez (American Nuclear Society)
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Molten Salt Thermal Conductivity Sensor
Peter C. Kasper (Brigham Young University), Troy Munro (Brigham Young University), Kirsten Steele (Brigham Young University), Jace Davis (Brigham Young University), Jay Bettinger (Brigham Young University), Erik Barbosa (Brigham Young University), Aaron Thorum (Brigham Young University), Connor Last (Brigham Young University)
Paper
Data Analytic Methodology for an Optical Fiber Based Gamma Thermometer Array
Tyler Gates (Texas A&M University), Thomas E. Blue (The Ohio State University), Pavel V. Tsvetkov (Texas A&M University), Joshua Jones (The Ohio State University), Anthony Birri (Ohio State University)
Initial Embedding of Function Sensors in Additive Manufactured Silicon Carbide
Christian M. Petrie (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Kurt A. Terrani (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Brian C. Jolly (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Dylan Richardson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Adrian Schrell (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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