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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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El Salvador: Looking to nuclear
In 2022, El Salvador’s leadership decided to expand its modest, mostly hydro- and geothermal-based electricity system, which is supported by expensive imported natural gas and diesel generation. They chose to use advanced nuclear reactors, preferably fueled by thorium-based fuels, to power their civilian efforts. The choice of thorium was made to inform the world that the reactor program was for civilian purposes only, and so they chose a fuel that was plentiful, easy to source and work with, and not a proliferation risk.
Technical Session|Reactor Design and Analysis
Monday, April 22, 2024|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Franciscan B
Session Chair:
Wei Shen (CANDU Owners Group)
Alternate Chair:
Mehdi Asgari (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan)
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Validation of the NECP-Bamboo Software Based on NPP Measurements
10:15–10:35AM PDT
Yilin Liang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Yunzhao Li (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Yuancheng Zhou (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Yisong Li (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Shilong Zhou (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Hengrui Zhang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Weiguo Wang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Yuxiang Ou (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Songzhe Wang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Junwei Qin (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Ruizhi Shao (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Xiaoying Li (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Wei Shen (Candu Owners Group)
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Verification of NECP-Bamboo2.0 with Plate-Fuel-Type Research Reactors
10:35–10:55AM PDT
Yunzhao Li (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Junwei Qin (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Fan Xia (Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute Co.), Hongchun Wu (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Xiaoying Li (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Yilin Liang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Wei Shen (CANDU Owners Group)
Multi-Physics Sub-Pin Resolution Analysis of a PWR Core with nTRACER/CTF for the OECD/NEA TVA Watts Bar 1 Benchmark
10:55–11:15AM PDT
M. Papadionysiou (EPFL), T. Albagami (NCSU), G. Delipei (NCSU), M. Avramova (NCSU), A. Vasiliev (PSI), H. Ferroukhi (PSI), K. Ivanov (NCSU), A. Pautz (PSI)
LDR Lite Benchmark: Description of the Core Model
11:15–11:35AM PDT
Riku Tuominen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Ville Valtavirta (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
Pushing the Envelope for Irradiation Powers and Duration at the Advanced Test Reactor
11:35–11:55AM PDT
Nathan Manwaring (INL), Solmayra Flores (INL)
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