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Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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West Valley shares 3D model and lessons learned
A virtual meeting between representatives of the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) in New York and the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) in Tennessee was held recently to share lessons learned from the ongoing demolition of West Valley’s main plant process building.
Technical Session|Computational Thermal Hydraulics
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Columbia 9/10
Session Chair:
Lane B. Carasik
Alternate Chair:
Marco Colombo
Session Organizer:
Igor A. Bolotnov
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Analysis of the Scaling Between Model Experimental Facilities MYRRHABELLE and E-SCAPE and the MYRRHA Reactor Augmented by CFD
1:30–1:50PM EDT
L. Koloszar (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics), S. Lopes (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics), M. Faruoli (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics), Ph. Planquart (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics), K. Van Tichelen (SCK CEN), J. Pacio (SCK CEN), S. Keijers (SCK CEN)
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Development of Lagrangian Particle Method for Temperature Distribution Formed by Sodium-Water Reaction in a Tube Bundle System
1:50–2:10PM EDT
Wataru Kosaka (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Akihiro Uchibori (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Yasushi Okano (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Hideki Yanagisawa (NESI Corporation)
Validation and Comparison of HI-STORM Overpack Thermal-Hydraulic Model with MOOSE and NekRS
2:10–2:30PM EDT
Sinan Okyay (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), David A. Reger (Penn State), Victor Coppo Leite (Penn State), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Peter German (INL), Alexander Lindsay (INL)
Unipolar Charge Injection Induced Melting Rate Enhancement in a Cylindrical Thermal Energy Storage Unit
2:30–2:50PM EDT
R. Deepak Selvakumar (Khalifa Univ.), Ahmed K. Alkaabi (Khalifa Univ.)
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