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Education, Training & Workforce Development
The Education, Training & Workforce Development Division provides communication among the academic, industrial, and governmental communities through the exchange of views and information on matters related to education, training and workforce development in nuclear and radiological science, engineering, and technology. Industry leaders, education and training professionals, and interested students work together through Society-sponsored meetings and publications, to enrich their professional development, to educate the general public, and to advance nuclear and radiological science and engineering.
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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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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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State legislation: Illinois bill aims to lift state’s remaining nuclear moratorium
A bill that would fully repeal the state’s entire moratorium on new nuclear projects survived a key deadline in the Illinois General Assembly last week.
To stay afloat in the spring legislative session, bills needed to be assigned to committee by March 21, and state Sen. Sue Rezin’s Senate Bill 1527 now sits with the Senate’s Energy and Public Utilities committee for review.
Technical Session|Thermal Hydraulics
Friday, April 4, 2025|10:30–11:50AM MDT|Trail/Spirit
Session Chair:
Melissa A. Moreno
Alternate Chair:
Keenan R. Kresl-Hotz
Session Organizer:
Ashley Machado
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CFD Analyses of the Flow Mixing and Stratification in Pool Type SFR
10:30–10:50AM MDT
Keenan R. Kresl-Hotz (Univ. New Mexico), Mohamed S. El-Genk (Univ. New Mexico), Timothy M. Schriener (Univ. New Mexico)
Paper
High-Fidelity Simulation of Buoyancy-Driven Flows and Conjugate Heat Transfer with Applications to Fusion Energy
10:50–11:10AM MDT
Logan J. Hiland (Penn State), Tri Nguyen (Penn State), Carolina Bourdot Dutra (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Dominykas Buta (Univ. Leeds), Aleksander Dubas (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Agency), Andrew Davis (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Agency)
Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of the Westinghouse Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor During a Station Blackout
11:10–11:30AM MDT
Andrew Sallie (Penn State), Carolina Dutra (Penn State), Sinan Okyay (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
The All Natural Reactor - A Study on Natural Circulation in a CANDU Style Reactor
11:30–11:50AM MDT
Ana Julia Coelho Teixeira Barbosa (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Sydney L. Wagner (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
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