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Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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NRC okays construction permits for Hermes 2 test facility
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced yesterday that it has directed staff to issue construction permits to Kairos Power for the company's proposed Hermes 2 nonpower test reactor facility to be built at the Heritage Center Industrial Park in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The permits authorize Kairos to build a facility with two 35-MWt test reactors that would use molten salt to cool the reactor cores.
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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