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Nuclear Installations Safety
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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
Tuesday, November 14, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EST|Columbia 9
Session Chair:
Xingang Zhao (ORNL)
Alternate Chairs:
Izabela Gutowska
Ferry Roelofs (NRG)
Session Organizer:
Xu Wu
The winner of the 2023 ANS Young Professional Thermal Hydraulics Research Competition will be announced after the session around 4:30 PM in the same room.
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Identifying Important Parameters Affecting Fuel Dispersion and Relocation Phenomena Under Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA) Conditions
3:15–3:35PM EST
Sade Danielle Campos (Oregon State), Trevor Kent Howard (Oregon State), Stephen Yamasaki (Oregon State), Guillaume Mignot (Oregon State), Wade Marcum (Oregon State), Gordon Wissinger (Framatome), Lisa Gerken (Framatome)
Paper
Experimental Investigation of Shell Side Flow Around Twisted Tubes Using Positron Emission Particle Tracking for CFD Validation
3:35–3:55PM EST
Connor Donlan (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), A. Cabral (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), C. Wiggins (ORNL), S. Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Direct Numerical Simulation of a Molten Salt Natural Circulation Loop Using the Spectral Element Method
3:55–4:15PM EST
Tri Nguyen (Penn State), John Barton (Penn State), Casey Emler (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
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