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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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X-energy raises $700M in latest funding round
Advanced reactor developer X-energy has announced that it has closed an oversubscribed Series D financing round of approximately $700 million. The funding proceeds are expected to be used to help continue the expansion of its supply chain and the commercial pipeline for its Xe-100 advanced small modular reactor and TRISO-X fuel, according the company.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Monday, November 13, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EST|Jefferson West
Session Chair:
Stephen T. Lam
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
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Wear and Friction of Nuclear Graphite in FLiBe
3:15–3:35PM EST
L. Vergari (Univ. California, Berkeley), J. Xu (Univ. California, Berkeley), R. O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley)
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A Comparison of Mass Loss Analyses for Molten Salt Corrosion
3:35–3:55PM EST
Ryan D. Hayes (Univ. California, Berkeley), Sean H. Mills (Univ. California, Berkeley), Gabriel Meric de Bellefon (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Dan Thoma (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Andrew Minor (Univ. California, Berkeley), Raluca O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Drivers and Limiting Steps for Corrosion in Molten Salt Loops
3:55–4:15PM EST
Raluca O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Presented by Randall Chiu (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Development of Enriched Uranium-Bearing Molten Salt Irradiation Capability
4:15–4:35PM EST
Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Stephen Warmann (INL), Calvin Downey (INL), Morgan Kropp (INL), Greg Core (INL), Chuting Tsai (INL), William Phillips (INL)
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