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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
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Valar achieves cold criticality at LANL
Valar Atomics has announced that its Nova Core achieved zero-power criticality on November 17 at Los Alamos National Laboratory’s National Criticality Experiments Research Center (NCERC) at the Nevada National Security Site.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Monday, November 14, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Acacia
Session Chair:
Travis W. Knight
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Lisa M. Marshall
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Design of a Machine Learning Tool for Predictive Emergency Response
1:00–1:20PM MST
Zachery Dahm (Purdue), Sarah McCauley Kannapell (Purdue), William Kelley (Purdue)
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SMRs and Thermal Energy Storage on Decommissioned Nuclear Sites
1:20–1:40PM MST
M.O. Zakeri (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell), S.K. Aghara (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell), Ankit K. Mishra (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell), L. Annadevula (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell)
The Small, Uranium-Based Molten Salt (SUMS) Reactor
1:40–2:00PM MST
Alex England (Georgia Tech), Sam Heflin (Georgia Tech), MaryEmma Hughes (Georgia Tech), Marina Polegenko (Georgia Tech), Luke Wells (Georgia Tech)
BWR (British Water Reactor)
2:00–2:20PM MST
N.A. Aslani (Univ. Florida), M.N. Bushloper (Univ. Florida), M.B. Harper (Univ. Florida), V.E. Lucas (Univ. Florida), M.L. Mika (Univ. Florida)
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