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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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G7 pledges support for nuclear at Italy meeting
The Group of Seven (G7) recommitted its support for nuclear energy in the countries that opt to use it at a Ministerial Meeting on Climate in Italy last month.
In a statement following the April meeting, the group committed to support multilateral efforts to strengthen the resilience of nuclear supply chains, referencing the goal set by 25 countries during last year’s COP28 climate conference in Dubai to triple global nuclear generating capacity by 2050.
Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2023)
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|8:00–9:45AM EST|Lincoln East
Session Chair:
Lu Makinde (University of South Florida)
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Molten Salt Sampling Techniques and Analytical Approaches
8:00–8:20AM EST
Janine Lambert (INL), Toni Karlsson (INL), Robert Hoover (INL), Ammon Williams (INL), Nathan Hoyt (ANL), Ken Marsden (INL), James King (INL), Jeff Sanders (INL)
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Material Control and Accountancy Approach for Liquid-Fueled Molten Salt Reactors
8:20–8:40AM EST
Karen Koop Hogue (ORNL), Steven Skutnik (ORNL), Louise Evans (ORNL), Matthew Krupcale (ORNL), Rabab Elzohery (ORNL)
Methodology for a Survey of Molten Salt Reactor Feed Monitoring Technologies for Safeguards
8:40–9:00AM EST
Karen Hogue (ORNL), Peter Sobel (ORNL), Steve Skutnik (ORNL), Mathew Swinney (ORNL)
Improved Safeguards of Molten Salt Reactors Using Process Monitoring
9:00–9:20AM EST
Nathan Shoman (Sandia)
Characterizing Impacts of Fast-Spectrum Molten Chloride Salt Reactor Design Choices on Safeguards-Relevant Parameters
9:20–9:40AM EST
Donny Hartanto (ORNL), David Chandler (ORNL), Karen Hogue (ORNL), Greg Westphal (ORNL)
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