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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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OECD NEA meeting focuses on irradiation experiments
Members of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency’s Second Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES-II) joint undertaking gathered from September 29 to October 3 in Ketchum, Idaho, for the technical advisory group and governing board meetings hosted by Idaho National Laboratory. The FIDES-II Framework aims to ensure and foster competences in experimental nuclear fuel and structural materials in-reactor experiments through a diverse set of Joint Experimental Programs (JEEPs).
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|8:00–9:45AM EST|Columbia 10
Session Chairs:
Lane B. Carasik (VCU)
Marilyn Delgado (BWXT)
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Solar Salt and Sodium Interaction Studies
8:00–8:20AM EST
James A. Schneider (TerraPower), Rob Corbin (TerraPower), Pyoungchung Kim (TerraPower), Daniel Eichel (TerraPower)
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Flow Regime Identification Using Local Conductivity Measurements and Neural Networks
8:20–8:40AM EST
Charie Tsoukalas (Purdue), Yang Zhao (Purdue), Mamoru Ishii (Purdue)
Feasibility Test of Fiber Optic Temperature Sensors in Sodium Heat Pipes
8:40–9:00AM EST
Chris Balbier (Penn State), Nathan Smith (Penn State), Hojong Kim (Penn State), Saya Lee (Penn State)
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