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The mission of the Decommissioning and Environmental Sciences (DES) Division is to promote the development and use of those skills and technologies associated with the use of nuclear energy and the optimal management and stewardship of the environment, sustainable development, decommissioning, remediation, reutilization, and long-term surveillance and maintenance of nuclear-related installations, and sites. The target audience for this effort is the membership of the Division, the Society, and the public at large.
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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|Lightning Talks
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Columbia 3/4
Session Chair:
Elia Merzari (PSU)
Alternate Chair:
Yassin Hassan (TAMU)
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Pebble Flow and Residence Time Distribution of 6.0 cm Graphite Pebbles in a Recirculating Pebble Bed Experimental Setup Using Radioactive Particle Tracking Technique
3:30–3:40PM EDT
Ahmed Jasim (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Jihane Mendil (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Omar Farid (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Zeyad Zeitoun (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Sebastian Uribe (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
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Automated Thermal Hydraulics System Analysis of High Flux Isotope Reactor Low-Enriched Uranium Silicide Dispersion Fuel Designs
3:40–3:50PM EDT
Christopher J. Hurt (ORNL), Zachary A. Bacon (ORNL), Valerie D. Fudurich (ORNL), W. Christopher Lowe (ORNL)
3D Imaging of Phase Structures Using Fibre Bragg Grating Grid Sensors
3:50–4:00PM EDT
Harvey Oliver Plows (Bangor Univ.), Marat Margulis (Bangor Univ.), Jinfeng Li (Bangor Univ.)
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — Lightning Talk Slides
Modeling and Simulation-Informed Design of a Natural Convection Salt Loop Irradiation Experiment at MITR to Generate MSR-Specific Data
4:00–4:10PM EDT
Nesrin O. Cetiner (MIT), David Carpenter (MIT), Guiqiu Zheng (MIT), Gordon Kohse (MIT)
COMSOL Multiphysics Modeling Results for the Low Enriched Uranium-Silicide Conversion of the High Flux Isotope Reactor
4:10–4:20PM EDT
Prashant K. Jain (ORNL)
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees)
Flow Visualization in a Packed Bed Using Positron Emission Particle Tracking (PEPT) and X-Ray Computed Tomography (CT)
4:20–4:30PM EDT
Adam O. Mafi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Arturo Cabral (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jerel W. Houston (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Cody S. Wiggins (ORNL)
Large Eddy Simulations of Channel Flow with one Heated Wall for Liquid Metals and High Temperature Gasses
4:30–4:40PM EDT
Theodore M. Chu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Large Eddy Simulation of Thermal Mixing of Liquid Sodium in a T-Junction
4:40–4:50PM EDT
Xiaoxue Huang (Univ. Sheffield), Shuisheng He (Univ. Sheffield)
Measurements of Near-Wall Turbulence in Water by Molecular Tagging Velocimetry
4:50–5:00PM EDT
Charles Fort (George Washington Univ.), Philippe Bardet (George Washington Univ.)
Code Calculation of Flow Distributions in a Plate-Type Fuel Assembly
5:00–5:10PM EDT
Zhou Lei (Nuclear Power Institute of China), Liu Jingze (Nuclear Power Institute of China), Yang Jun (Nuclear Power Institute of China)
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