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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Researchers use one-of-a-kind expertise and capabilities to test fuels of tomorrow
At the Idaho National Laboratory Hot Fuel Examination Facility, containment box operator Jake Maupin moves a manipulator arm into position around a pencil-thin nuclear fuel rod. He is preparing for a procedure that he and his colleagues have practiced repeatedly in anticipation of this moment in the hot cell.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|12:00–2:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Hitesh Bindra (Kansas State Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
W. Neal Mann (The University of Texas at Austin)
Session Organizer:
Staff Producer:
Paul LaTour (American Nuclear Society)
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Micro-Reactor and Energy Storage Coupled Truck Charging Terminal
Derek W. Kultgen (Argonne National Laboratory), Darius D. Lisowski (Argonne National Laboratory), Nicolas E. Stauff (Argonne National Laboratory), Matthew D. Bucknor (Argonne National Laboratory)
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Multi-Gigawatt-Day Low-Cost Crushed-Rock Heat Storage Coupled to Light-Water Reactors with a Stand-Alone Steam Cycle
Ali Aljefri (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Charles W. Forsberg (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Base-Load Reactors for Variable Electricity with Crushed-Rock Heat Storage and Nitrate-Salt Heat Transfer
Mriganka Mandal (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Charles W. Forsberg (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Performance Comparison of Solid Reactant Based on Pellets and Powder for Ca(OH)2/CaO Chemical Heat Pump
Aman Gupta (University of Idaho), Paul D. Armatis (Oregon State University), Piyush Sabharwall (Idaho National Laboratory), Brian M. Fronk (Oregon State University), Vivek P. Utgikar (University of Idaho)
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