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Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST|Columbia 12
Session Chair:
Tyler Newitt (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Jenna Payne
Session Organizer:
Andrew E. Thomas
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Simulating a Molten Salt Gas Stream for a LIBS Experiment
1:00–1:20PM EST
Nicholas Poole (NCSU), Ming Liu (NCSU), Matt Schweitzer (NCSU), Austin Wells (NCSU), Colby Fleming (NCSU), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU)
Paper
Contact Glow Discharge Electrolysis: A Novel Tool for Material Quantification in Molten Salts
1:20–1:40PM EST
Kayla Hahn (NCSU), Alexander W. Bataller (NCSU)
Presented by Davis Bryars (NCSU)
Establishing a Domestic HALEU Supply Chain
1:40–2:00PM EST
Sarah Cole (Boise State), Alan Levin (Washington Internships for Students of Engineering), Brian Jaques (Boise State)
Using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy to Analyze Alloy 617 Exposed to HTGR Temperatures
2:00–2:20PM EST
T. Ray (Purdue), A. Hassanein (Purdue)
Micro-HTGR Integration with Different Power Block Options
2:20–2:40PM EST
Stella Betts (Purdue), T-Ying Lin (Purdue), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)
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