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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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INL opens molten salt testing facility
Idaho National Laboratory has announced that the National Reactor Innovation Center’s Molten Salt Thermophysical Examination Capability (MSTEC) facility will begin operations in March 2026.
Providing testing capabilities for molten salts, including fuel salts, MSTEC extends INL’s abilities to advance molten salt reactor technology and provide data needed for safe reactor deployment.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST|Sonoran 6
Session Chair:
Trevor Kent Howard
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Marilyn Delgado
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Natural Circulation Experiments in Gallium Thermal-Hydraulic Loop
3:15–3:35PM MST
Broderick Sieh (Purdue), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)
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Flow Visualization in a Flow Conditioner to Support PEPT Experiments of Advanced Reactor Components
3:35–3:55PM MST
Jerel Houston (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Cody S. Wiggins (ORNL), Arturo Cabral (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Adam Mafi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Design and Preliminary Understanding of Flow in Pebble Bed Reactors Using Positron Emission Particle Tracking
3:55–4:15PM MST
Adam Mafi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Cody Wiggins (ORNL), Arturo Cabral (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jerel Houston (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), L.B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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