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Devoted specifically to the safety of nuclear installations and the health and safety of the public, this division seeks a better understanding of the role of safety in the design, construction and operation of nuclear installation facilities. The division also promotes engineering and scientific technology advancement associated with the safety of such facilities.
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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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Japanese researchers test detection devices at West Valley
Two research scientists from Japan’s Kyoto University and Kochi University of Technology visited the West Valley Demonstration Project in western New York state earlier this fall to test their novel radiation detectors, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced on November 19.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Nuclear Power Plants
Monday, June 17, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Palm C
Session Chair:
Jacopo Buongiorno (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Alternate Chair:
Ling Zou (ANL)
Session Organizers:
Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Kazuaki Kito (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy)
Kyoung-Ho Kang (KAERI)
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Mechanical Design Features and Construction Cost of Horizontal Compact HTGR
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Enrique Velez-Lopez (Boston Atomics), W. Robb Stewart (Boston Atomics), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Paper
Core Modeling of Horizontal Compact High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor -- Refueling Strategy and Thermo-Mechanical Performance
1:20–1:40PM PDT
L. Mazzocco (MIT), L. Cohen (MIT), J. Kang (Univ. Michigan), W.R. Stewart (Boston Atomics), E. Velez-Lopez (Boston Atomics), K. Shirvan (MIT), V. Seker (Univ. Michigan)
Primary System Thermal Hydraulic Analysis Methodology for the HC-HTGR
1:40–2:00PM PDT
Brent Hollrah (TAMU), Ling Zou (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL)
Development of the Dynamics Model of a Horizontal Compact High Temperature Gas Reactor (HC-HTGR) in Modelica
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Qicang Shen (Univ. Michigan), Farhana Farha (Univ. Michigan), Samuel Piper (Univ. Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan)
Seismic Engineering of a Horizontal, Compact High Temperature Gas Reactor
2:20–2:40PM PDT
Sai Sharath Parsi (Univ. Buffalo), Kaivalya M. Lal (Univ. Buffalo), Enrique Velez (Boston Atomics), W. Robb Stewart (Boston Atomics), Mettupalayam V. Sivaselvan (Univ. Buffalo), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Andrew S. Whittaker (Univ. Buffalo)
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