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India’s PFBR attains criticality at last
Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed it “a proud moment for India” when on April 6 the 500-MWe, sodium-cooled Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achieved initial criticality. This milestone, which comes some 22 years after the continually delayed PFBR project began, marks India’s entrance into the second stage of its three-stage nuclear program, which has the ultimate goal of supporting the country’s nuclear power program with its significant thorium reserves.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST|Jefferson West
Session Chair:
Annabelle Le Coq
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
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Conceptual Neutronics Scoping for Ramp Testing in the Advanced Test Reactor
1:00–1:20PM EST
Travis Labossiere-Hickman (INL), Nicolas Woolstenhulme (INL), Brian Durtschi (INL), David Kamerman (INL)
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Feasibility of Power Ramp Testing in the Advanced Test Reactor
1:20–1:40PM EST
Michael J. Worrall (INL), Nate S. Oldham (INL), Kendell R. Horman (INL)
Towards High-Throughput Alloy Development for Nuclear Reactor Applications
1:40–2:00PM EST
Jonathan Gigax (LANL), Hyosim Kim (LANL), Matthew Chancey (LANL), Jon Kevin Baldwin (LANL)
Predicting the Transmutation of Fuel Taggants
2:00–2:20PM EST
Elijah C. Lutz (Sandia), Jeremy M. Osborn (Sandia)
Linear and Non-linear Optical Characterization of Glass and Sapphire for Optical Instrumentation of Advanced Fission Reactors
2:20–2:40PM EST
Bryan Morgan (Univ. Michigan), Matthew Van Zile (Ohio State), Christian Petrie (ORNL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Milos Burger (Univ. Michigan), Igor Jovanovic (Univ. Michigan)
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