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Thermal Hydraulics
The division provides a forum for focused technical dialogue on thermal hydraulic technology in the nuclear industry. Specifically, this will include heat transfer and fluid mechanics involved in the utilization of nuclear energy. It is intended to attract the highest quality of theoretical and experimental work to ANS, including research on basic phenomena and application to nuclear system design.
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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Nuclear new build procurement considerations
It may seem counterintuitive, but the best time to enhance the ability to support operations and maintenance for a new plant is before construction starts. This is one of many lessons learned by the currently operating nuclear fleet. As construction and startup of many nuclear facilities was completed, it quickly became evident that the ability to efficiently support operations and maintenance was limited. Most of the information necessary to establish and manage procurement of spare and replacement items, maintenance, and configuration of the facilities was unavailable and had to be gathered on a case-by-case, “on-demand” basis. Absence of necessary information and the associated challenges resulted in the need for staff augmentation and multiyear-long projects to develop equipment bills of material and maintenance programs and to perform technical evaluations for the huge quantities of spare and replacement items being requested.
Technical Session|Advanced Reactors
Tuesday, October 8, 2024|3:15–5:00PM MDT|Room 3
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Design and Development of the ISHA-1 Capsule for Irradiation Experiment in the INL Advanced Test Reactor
3:15–3:35PM MDT
Lydia V. Mayer (INL), Michael Fanning (INL)
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Reactor Containment Passive Safety Analysis: Steam Condensation in Presence of Non-condensable Gas Scaled Experiment and Modeling
3:35–3:55PM MDT
Palash K. Bhowmik (INL), Joshua P. Schlegel (Missouri University of Science & Technology), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
MARVEL Microreactor Thermal Hydraulic Design
3:55–4:15PM MDT
Carlo Parisi (INL), Yasir Arafat (Aalo Atomics)
Preliminary Feasibility Assessment of a Naturally Circulating, Small Integral MSR
4:15–4:35PM MDT
Ethan Gunnell (AlphaTech Research Corp), Andrew W. Larsen (Brigham Young Univ.), Brittney L. Blackwood (AlphaTech Research Corp), Caden Wilson (AlphaTech Research Corp), John N. Harb (AlphaTech Research Corp), John Benson (AlphaTech Research Corp), Matthew J. Memmott (Brigham Young University, AlphaTech Research Corp)
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