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Fusion Energy
This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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NRC engineers share their expertise at the University of Puerto Rico
Robert Roche-Rivera and Marcos Rolón-Acevedo are licensed professional engineers who work at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. They are also alumni of the University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez (UPRM) and have been sharing their knowledge and experience with students at their alma mater since last year, serving as adjunct professors in the university’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. During the 2023–2024 school year, they each taught two courses: Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Nuclear Power Plant Engineering.
Technical Session|New and Advanced Reactors
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Columbia 3/4
Session Chair:
Robert P. Martin (Independent)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Paolo Balestra (INL)
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Investigation of Static Boiling in a Large Scale RCCS
1:30–1:50PM EDT
Q. Lv (ANL), M. Jasica (ANL), D. Lisowski (ANL), Z. Ooi (ANL), A. Kraus (ANL), R. Hu (ANL), M. Farmer (ANL)
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Uncoupled DEM Simulation to Investigate the Impact of Coolant Flow on Pebble Flow in Pebble Bed Reactor
1:50–2:10PM EDT
Muhammad Sohaib Malik (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Jiaqi Chen (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Angela Di Fulvio (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Caleb S. Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Timothy P. Grunloh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
The Refractive Index Matched Pebble Bed Facility for High Resolution Experiments of DLOFC and PLOFC Accidents in MPBRs
2:10–2:30PM EDT
Zachary Welker (Univ. Michigan), Annalisa Manera (Univ. Michigan), Victor Petrov (Univ. Michigan), Paolo Balestra (INL)
Turbulence Characteristics Using Dynamic Mode Decomposition in an 84-Pin Hexagonal Fuel Assembly
2:30–2:50PM EDT
Craig Menezes (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)
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