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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|Sponsored by THD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST|Sonoran 6
Session Chair:
Donna P. Guillen (INL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Sunming Qin (INL)
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Experimental Study of the Thermal Behavior of Sodium Heat Pipe with Liquid Overfilling
3:15–3:35PM MST
Dong Hun Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), In Cheol Bang (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
Paper
Steady-State Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of a Quarter-Core Liquid Metal-Hydride Cooled Microreactor
3:35–3:55PM MST
Kaeley Stevens (Oregon State), Izabela Gutowska (Oregon State), Derick Botha (NuScale Power)
Using PIRT to Accelerate the Development of High Temperature Heat Pipe for eVinci Micro-Reactor
3:55–4:15PM MST
Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Michael J. Patterson (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Michael A. Shockling (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Design Optimization of Gap Distance for the Annular Wick Heat Pipe
4:15–4:35PM MST
Joseph Seo (TAMU), Daegeun Kim (TAMU), Hansol Kim (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)
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