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Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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From the pages of Nuclear News: Industry update September 2024
Here is a recap of industry happenings from the recent past:
BWXT advanced nuclear reactor agreement signed
Burns & McDonnell, a family of construction and design companies, has entered into an agreement with BWX Technologies to further advance the design and development of the BWXT BANR microreactor, which has a “passively safe design” for powering remote facilities while providing a carbon-free source of heat and electricity. The two companies completed the first phase of their collaboration in early 2024 and intend to complete the second phase by the third quarter of 2025. Burns & McDonnell is helping BWXT develop the balance-of-plant systems for the BANR, generate the power plant layout, and perform preconstruction planning. Its scope of work also includes developing power cycle architecture, identifying critical components, integrating site design, and supporting steam and power distribution infrastructure and reactor building structures. The Wyoming Energy Authority is currently evaluating the feasibility of using the BANR in a state nuclear market for baseload heat and power deployed for remote industrial users, such as mining operations.
Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2024)
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|10:00–11:45AM EST|Coral B
Session Chair:
Dillon R. Shaver
Alternate Chair:
Victor Petrov
Session Organizer:
Ferry Roelofs
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Reactor Vessel Cooling System: Scaled Experiments and Analysis
10:00–10:20AM EST
Michael L. Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Seung K. Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ian W. Jentz (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Woo H. Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mark H. Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Hangbok Choi (General Atomics), John M. Bolin (General Atomics)
Paper
Development of an Improved RELAP5-3D Model for the High Temperature Test Facility
10:20–10:40AM EST
Robert Kile (INL), Aaron S. Epiney (INL)
Effects of Upper Chimney Throttling on Two-Phase Flow in a Large-Scale Water-Based RCCS
10:40–11:00AM EST
Matthew J. Jasica (ANL), Qiuping Lv (ANL), Darius D. Lisowski (ANL), Mitchell T. Farmer (ANL)
Effect of Water Tank Inlet Elevation on Performance of a Large Scale Water-Based RCCS
11:00–11:20AM EST
Qiuping Lv (ANL), Matthew J. Jasica (ANL), Darius D. Lisowski (ANL), Zhiee Jhia Ooi (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL), Mitchell T. Farmer (ANL)
Contact Thermal Resistance Modeling for Conjugate Heat Transfer Simulations in Gas-Cooled Pebble Bed Reactors
11:20–11:40AM EST
DEZHI DAI (ANL), Haomin Yuan (ANL), Prasad Vegendla (ANL), Adrian Tentner (ANL)
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