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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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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 MSTD
Monday, November 14, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Kaibab
Session Chair:
Alexander W. Bataller
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
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Further Development and Use of the Needle Probe
1:00–1:20PM MST
Ryan Ruth (Brigham Young Univ.), Brian Merritt (Brigham Young Univ.), Troy Munro (Brigham Young Univ.)
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Salt Impurity Effects on Structural Material Compatibility
1:20–1:40PM MST
B.A. Pint (ORNL), D. Sulejmanovic (ORNL)
Infiltration of Molten Fluoride Salts in Graphite: Effects on Reactor Operation and Waste Disposal
1:40–2:00PM MST
Lorenzo Vergari (Univ. California, Berkeley), Raluca O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Electrochemical Characterization of Molten Salt Fuel Systems with Boron-Doped Diamond
2:00–2:20PM MST
Hannah K. Patenaude (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), Nastasija Damjanovic (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), Jason Rakos (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), Karen Gonzalez (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), Shirmir D. Branch (PNNL), Cory A. Rusinek (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas)
Polarization Effect in Ternary Molten Salt Systems
2:20–2:40PM MST
Shao-Chun Lee (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Y Z (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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