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November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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The current status of heat pipe R&D
Idaho National Laboratory under the Department of Energy–sponsored Microreactor Program recently conducted a comprehensive phenomena identification and ranking table (PIRT) exercise aimed at advancing heat pipe technology for microreactor applications.
Michael J. Mueterthies (Blue Wave AI Labs), M. Rizki Oktavian (Blue Wave AI Labs), Maria Berardi (Blue Wave AI Labs), Charles Karlson (Blue Wave AI Labs), Nathanael Hudson (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Peter Yarsky (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Nazila Tehrani (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Randall Dunavant (Southern Nuclear Co.), Aaron Phillippe (Southern Nuclear Co.), Ashley Thompson (Southern Nuclear Co.), Phil McCalley (Blue Wave AI Labs), Anirudh Tunga (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jordan Heim (Blue Wave AI Labs), Antti Kankkunen (Blue Wave AI Labs), J. Thomas Gruenwald (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jonathan Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs)
Proceedings | Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM 2025) | Clearwater Beach, FL, July 20-23, 2025 | Pages 194-206