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Thermal Hydraulics
The division provides a forum for focused technical dialogue on thermal hydraulic technology in the nuclear industry. Specifically, this will include heat transfer and fluid mechanics involved in the utilization of nuclear energy. It is intended to attract the highest quality of theoretical and experimental work to ANS, including research on basic phenomena and application to nuclear system design.
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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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El Salvador: Looking to nuclear
In 2022, El Salvador’s leadership decided to expand its modest, mostly hydro- and geothermal-based electricity system, which is supported by expensive imported natural gas and diesel generation. They chose to use advanced nuclear reactors, preferably fueled by thorium-based fuels, to power their civilian efforts. The choice of thorium was made to inform the world that the reactor program was for civilian purposes only, and so they chose a fuel that was plentiful, easy to source and work with, and not a proliferation risk.
Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Redondo
Session Chair:
Nadish Saini
Alternate Chair:
Yue Jin
Session Organizer:
W. David Pointer
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Embedded Fiber Optic Smart Parts Towards Advanced Reactor Applications
Andrew J. Boulanger (Luna Innovation), S. Derek Rountree (Luna Innovation), Connor Donlan (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Arturo Cabral (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Adam Hehr (Fabrisonic)
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Deep Learning-Based System Diagnosis for Nuclear Power Plant Using Infrared Thermal Cameras
Ik Jae Jin (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), Do Yeong Lim (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), In Cheol Bang (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology)
Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Departure from Nucleate Boiling Power for the PSBT Benchmark
Chaitee Godbole (NCSU), Gregory Delipei (NCSU), Xu Wu (NCSU), Maria Avramova (NCSU), Upendra Rohatgi (Brookhaven)
Prediction of Minimum Film Boiling Temperature Using a Physics-Informed Machine Learning-Aided Framework
K.M. Kim (Virginia Tech), P. Hurley (Virginia Tech), J.P. Duarte (Virginia Tech)
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