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The past few years have seen a concerted effort from many U.S. states to encourage nuclear development. The momentum behind nuclear-friendly policies has grown considerably, with many states repealing moratoriums, courting nuclear developers and suppliers, and in some cases creating advisory groups and road maps to push deployment of new nuclear reactors.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Monday, November 13, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST|Columbia 12
Session Chair:
Travis W. Knight
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Alternate Chair:
Lisa M. Marshall
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Subcritical Test Assembly -- Senior Design Project
1:00–1:20PM EST
Daniel Racz (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas Branam (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Gabriel Lentchner (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Sophia Hitson (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Sinan Zhang (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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Event Sequence Analysis to Support a Full Scope Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment Framework for the PULSTAR Research Reactor
1:20–1:40PM EST
Maddison Barber (NCSU), May Wells (NCSU), Alex Chaisson (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
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Cask Design and Offline Processing of Fuel Salt via Fluorination and Impurity Absorption for MSR Nuclear Waste (COFFIN)
1:40–2:00PM EST
Gracie Eccleston (Georgia Tech), Jana Shade (Georgia Tech), Zach Welchel (Georgia Tech), Caryanne Wilson (Georgia Tech)
Design Optimization of an Organic-Cooled Light-Water-Moderated Micro-Reactor for Electricity and Hydrogen Generation
2:00–2:20PM EST
Assil Halimi (MIT), Gyutae Park (MIT), Isabel Naranjo De Candido (MIT), Loukas Carayannopoulos (MIT)
Large-Area Plasma-Liquid Reactors for Water Purification in Space
2:20–2:40PM EST
Sean M. Peyres (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Jasmine Dinari (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Matt Koska (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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