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Nuclear Installations Safety
Devoted specifically to the safety of nuclear installations and the health and safety of the public, this division seeks a better understanding of the role of safety in the design, construction and operation of nuclear installation facilities. The division also promotes engineering and scientific technology advancement associated with the safety of such facilities.
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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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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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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
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Sonoran 3
Session Chair:
Igor Bolotnov (NCSU)
Alternate Chair:
Kaeley Stevens
Session Organizer:
Guanyi Wang (ANL)
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HI-STORM Overpack and MPC-32 Thermal-Hydraulic Model with MOOSE Framework
1:00–1:20PM MST
Sinan Okyay (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Fande Kong (INL), David Reger (Penn State), Peter German (INL), Victor Coppo Leite (Penn State), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Alexander D. Lindsay (INL)
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Structural Response of University of Missouri Research Reactor Low-Enriched Uranium Fuel Elements Under Hydraulic and Thermal Load
1:20–1:40PM MST
Guanyi Wang (ANL), Cezary Bojanowski (ANL), Dhongik Yoon (ANL), John Stillman (ANL), David Jaluvka (ANL), Leslie Foyto (Univ. Missouri-Columbia Research Reactor), Erik Wilson (ANL)
A Three-Dimensional Cartesian Thermal-Hydraulic Solver in the Residual Formulation of CTF
1:40–2:00PM MST
Lance Bullerwell (NCSU), Agustin Abarca (NCSU), Maria Avramova (NCSU), Jason Hou (NCSU)
MELCOR Model Development of the General Atomics Fast Modular Reactor: Transient Accident Analysis
2:00–2:20PM MST
WooHyun Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Cole Dunbar (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Jun Wang (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
An Equation-Free Based Coupling Approach for Multiscale Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer Analysis
2:20–2:40PM MST
Qiyun Cheng (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Huihua Yang (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Shanbin Shi (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Wei Ji (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
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