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Materials Science & Technology
The objectives of MSTD are: promote the advancement of materials science in Nuclear Science Technology; support the multidisciplines which constitute it; encourage research by providing a forum for the presentation, exchange, and documentation of relevant information; promote the interaction and communication among its members; and recognize and reward its members for significant contributions to the field of materials science in nuclear technology.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EST|Columbia 12
Session Chair:
Julie Jacobson (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Tyler Newitt (INL)
Session Organizer:
Andrew E. Thomas (INL)
Please join us to listen and learn about student research related to the DOE Nuclear Energy University Program.
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Electrochemical Studies of Actinides in Molten Salt and Aqueous Media in Support of Nuclear Material Management
10:00–10:20AM EST
Bethany Kersten (Case Western Reserve Univ.), Rohan Akolkar (Case Western Reserve Univ.), Christine E. Duval (Case Western Reserve Univ.)
Paper
Analysis of Neutronic Parameters Using MCNP 6.2 for the Molten Salt Irradiation Facility at the PULSTAR Reactor
10:20–10:40AM EST
Matthew Schweitzer (NCSU), Ming Liu (NCSU), Austin Wells (NCSU), Nick Poole (NCSU), Nina Colby Fleming (NCSU), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU)
Heat Transfer Performance of a Wire-Wrapped Sodium Fast Reactor Fuel Rod Simulator
10:40–11:00AM EST
Nicholas J. Thoreson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mathieu Martin (TerraPower), Mark H. Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Optical Basicity Determination of Molten Halide Salts
11:00–11:20AM EST
K. Buttice (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), A. Couet (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), R. Gakhar (INL)
Demonstration of Ultrafast Transient Absorption Spectroscopy in Molten Salts
11:20–11:40AM EST
Davis Bryars (NCSU), Alexander W. Bataller (NCSU)
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