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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 HFICD
Monday, November 14, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Sonoran 2
Session Chair:
Vaibhav Yadav
Alternate Chair:
Vivek Agarwal
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How Digital Twins may be used in Design and Operations
1:00–1:20PM MST
M.D. Muhlheim (ORNL), P. Ramuhalli (ORNL), A. Huning (ORNL), A. Guler Yigitoglu (ORNL), A. Saxena (GE Research), R.T. Wood (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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Regulatory Requirements, Guidance, and Review of Digital Twins
1:20–1:40PM MST
Laboratory Demonstration of Structural Digital Twin Use Cases for Nuclear Construction
1:40–2:00PM MST
Lauren J. Thomas (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Timothy P. Kernicky (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Youngjin Park (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Matthew J. Whelan (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Hasan Charkas (EPRI)
Digital Twins for Monitoring Construction Quality
2:00–2:20PM MST
Robert W. Cox (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Timothy Kernicky (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Milind Khire (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Matthew Whelan (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Youngjin Park (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Hasan Charkas (EPRI), Amit Varma (Purdue), Juswald Vedovi (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
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