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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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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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TerraPower begins U.K. regulatory approval process
Seattle-based TerraPower signaled its interest this week in building its Natrium small modular reactor in the United Kingdom, the company announced.
TerraPower sent a letter to the U.K.’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, formally establishing its intention to enter the U.K. generic design assessment (GDA) process. This is TerraPower’s first step in deployment of its Natrium technology—a 345-MW sodium fast reactor coupled with a molten salt energy storage unit—on the international stage.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Wednesday, June 14, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EDT|Marriott 10
Session Chair:
Simon M. Pimblott
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
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A Simple Modeling for Gas Release During Annealing of Irradiated Nuclear Fuel
10:00–10:20AM EDT
J. Losfeld (CEA), L. Desgranges (CEA), Y. Pontillon (CEA), G. Baldinozzi (CNRS)
Paper
Critical Analysis of Force Balance Approach for Departure Diameter Prediction with High-Speed Photography
10:20–10:40AM EDT
Juan Pérez (Univ. Puerto Rico, Mayagüez), Silvina Cancelos (Univ. Puerto Rico, Mayagüez)
Pressurized Water Reactor Control Rod Ejection Analysis Using PARCS, RELAP5-3D, and BISON for High Burnup Fuel
10:40–11:00AM EDT
Isabelle Lindsay (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Mason Fox (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Seokbin Seo (INL), Ryan T. Sweet (INL), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Modeling and Measurement of Axial Gas Transport in Nuclear Fuels
11:00–11:20AM EDT
Chiara Genoni (INL), Kyle A. Gamble (INL), Fabiola Cappia (INL), Chase E. Christen (INL), Seongtae Kwon (INL), Kaustubh K. Bawane (INL)
BISON-Informed Whole Core TRISO Fuel Performance Modeling
11:20–11:40AM EDT
James B. Tompkins (Radiant Industries), Sebastian Schunert (INL), Roger Chin (Radiant Industries), Wen Jiang (INL), Ben Betzler (Radiant Industries)
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