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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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NRC engineers share their expertise at the University of Puerto Rico
Robert Roche-Rivera and Marcos Rolón-Acevedo are licensed professional engineers who work at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. They are also alumni of the University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez (UPRM) and have been sharing their knowledge and experience with students at their alma mater since last year, serving as adjunct professors in the university’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. During the 2023–2024 school year, they each taught two courses: Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Nuclear Power Plant Engineering.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Friday, December 3, 2021|3:05–4:50PM EST |Columbia 10
Session Chair:
Subash L. Sharma
Alternate Chair:
Khaled Talaat (Univ. of New Mexico)
Session Organizer:
Dillon R. Shaver
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Assessment of Post-Accident Particle Agglomeration in an iPWR Containment Vessel
3:10–3:30PM EST
Rohan Biwalkar (Pittsburgh Technical), Sola Talabi (Pittsburgh Technical)
Paper
An Evaluation of Turbulent Penetration Length in the APR1000 Surge Line
3:30–3:50PM EST
Younglong Lee (KEPCO Engineering and Construction), Kun Woo Yi (KEPCO Engineering and Construction), Kyong In Ju (KEPCO Engineering and Construction)
A Numerical Verification of Conjugate Heat Transfer and Thermal Radiation Solvers
3:50–4:10PM EST
Dezhi Dai (ANL), Haomin Yuan (ANL)
Sensitivity Study to Investigate the Influence of Turbulence Closure Models on Estimated Shear Stresses on Rough Specimens Exposed to Flowing Molten Lead
4:10–4:30PM EST
Khaled Talaat (Univ. of New Mexico), Osman Anderoglu (Univ. of New Mexico)
Simulations of the Scaled Reactor Cavity Cooling System Experimental Facility with RELAP5/SCDAPSIM System Code
4:30–4:50PM EST
Mustafa Pehlivan (Texas A&M Univ.), Alessandro Vanni (Texas A&M Univ.), Rodolfo Vaghetto (Texas A&M Univ.), Yassin A. Hassan (Texas A&M Univ.)
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