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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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Fermilab center renamed after late particle physicist Helen Edwards
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory’s Integrated Engineering Research Center, which officially opened in January 2024, is now known as the Helen Edwards Engineering Center. The name was changed to honor the late particle physicist who led the design, construction, commissioning, and operation of the lab’s Tevatron accelerator and was part of the Water Resources Development Act signed by President Biden in December 2024, according to a Fermilab press release.
Technical Session|Computational Thermal Hydraulics
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT|Columbia 11/12
Session Chair:
David Pointer (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Xingang Zhao (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Igor A. Bolotnov
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Lateral Turbulent Mixing in Narrow Rectangular Channels
10:45–11:05AM EDT
Basar Ozar (ANL), Jeremy R. Licht (ANL), Francesc Puig (ANL), Mohammad Kalimullah (ANL), Aurelien Bergeron (ANL)
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New Developments of Subchannel CFD for Mixed Convection in Bare and Wire-Wrapped Rod Bundles Under Supercritical Pressure Conditions
11:05–11:25AM EDT
C. Zhang (Univ. Sheffield), S. He (Univ. Sheffield), B. Liu (Daresbury Laboratory)
Comparative Thermal Performance of Downdraft and Updraft Forced Convection in a Representative 3x3 PWR Fuel Assembly
11:25–11:45AM EDT
Vivek M. Rao (ORNL), Joseph D. Smith (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
CHF Prediction During an RIA with a BISON and THM Coupled Model
11:45AM–12:05PM EDT
L. C. Aldeia Machado (Penn State), E. Merzari (Penn State), W. Walters (Penn State), L. Charlot (INL)
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