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Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Page 0
Conceptual Design of a Fission Batteries Process (FIBAPRO) Facility
Lucas Lallemant (Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nucléaires), Jacopo Buongiorno (MIT), Shafiqul Islam (Univ. Dhaka)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 8-18
Introduction of Fusion Reactor as Transmutation System for Minor Actinides and Fission Product
Hidetoshi Hashizume (Tohoku Univ.), Hiroki Shishido (Tohoku Univ.)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 19-28
Dynamic Response Characteristics of Fuel-Block Assemblies in a Horizontal, Compact HTGR
Sai Sharath Parsi (Univ. Buffalo), Enrique Velez (Boston Atomics), W. Robb Stewart (Boston Atomics), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Mettupalayam V. Sivaselvan (Univ. Buffalo), Andrew S. Whittaker (Univ. Buffalo)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 32-41
Influence of Gamma Radiation on the Mechanical Behavior of Seismic Protective Devices
Ajaykumar D. Patel (Univ. Buffalo), Dean R. Peterman (INL), Evans D. Kitcher (INL), Chandrakanth Bolisetti (INL), Andrew S. Whittaker (Univ. Buffalo)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 42-52
DELISA-LTO: Description of the Extended Lifetime and its Influence on the Safety Operation and Construction Materials Performance
Petra Klatovska (UJV Rez), Radim Kopriva (UJV Rez), Veronika Kozakova (UJV Rez), Marek Adamech (VUJE), Jana Petzova (VUJE), David Slnek (VUJE)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 53-60
Design and Thermal-Structural Analysis of a Supporting Structure for a Molten Salt Pump Shaft Seal Test Facility
Shuai Che (Univ. Michigan), Adam Burak (Univ. Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 61-71
Training Autonomous Robotic Tasks Through the use of Machine Learning in Simulated Realities
Mark C. Patterson (Kratos SRE), Seth Cohen (Kratos SRE), Joel Bjornstad (Kratos SRE), Robert Amaro (Kratos SRE), James Tucker (Kratos SRE), Austin Gurley (Deft Dynamics), Kyle Kubik (Deft Dynamics)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 76-86
Comparison of AP1000 and APR1400 Construction Processes and its Implications for SMR Deployment
Seungmin Kwak (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 87-96
Cost Assessment of Small Modular Reactors for Various Technologies in the IAEA Economic Database
S. Cathalau (Atomic Energy Commission), O. Mignone (Politecnico di Milano), L. Martinez Sancho (Kairos Power), T. Shibata (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), S. Dardour (IAEA)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 100-109
Factors for Competitive Decentralized Hydrogen Production with Nuclear Microreactors
Emile Germonpre (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Jeong Ik Lee (KAIST), John Parsons (MIT), Ruaridh Macdonald (MIT), Jacopo Buongiorno (MIT)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 110-120
Options for Achieving Cost Reduction in Advanced Reactors Through Open Architecture
Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Daniel Lamb (Univ. Cambridge), Tony Roulstone (Univ. Cambridge), Ian Prado (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Tracy Becker (Univ. California, Berkeley), Nahuel Guaita (INL), Sunming Qin (INL), Andrew W. Foss (INL), Ian Woodhouse (Terra Praxis), Eric Ingersoll (Terra Praxis)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 121-130
Design for Cost Methodology Applied to High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors
L. Venneri (MIT), K. Shirvan (MIT)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 131-141
Multi-Objective Site Selection for Coal to Nuclear Power Plant Transition
Omer F. Erdem (Univ. Michigan), Majdi I. Radaideh (Univ. Michigan)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 142-151
Mechanical Design Features and Construction Cost of Horizontal Compact HTGR
Enrique Velez-Lopez (Boston Atomics), W. Robb Stewart (Boston Atomics), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 156-165
Core Modeling of Horizontal Compact High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor -- Refueling Strategy and Thermo-Mechanical Performance
L. Mazzocco (MIT), L. Cohen (MIT), J. Kang (Univ. Michigan), W.R. Stewart (Boston Atomics), E. Velez-Lopez (Boston Atomics), K. Shirvan (MIT), V. Seker (Univ. Michigan)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 166-175
Primary System Thermal Hydraulic Analysis Methodology for the HC-HTGR
Brent Hollrah (TAMU), Ling Zou (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 176-184
Development of the Dynamics Model of a Horizontal Compact High Temperature Gas Reactor (HC-HTGR) in Modelica
Qicang Shen (Univ. Michigan), Farhana Farha (Univ. Michigan), Samuel Piper (Univ. Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 185-194
Seismic Engineering of a Horizontal, Compact High Temperature Gas Reactor
Sai Sharath Parsi (Univ. Buffalo), Kaivalya M. Lal (Univ. Buffalo), Enrique Velez (Boston Atomics), W. Robb Stewart (Boston Atomics), Mettupalayam V. Sivaselvan (Univ. Buffalo), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Andrew S. Whittaker (Univ. Buffalo)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 195-204
Understanding the Effects of Gamma Radiation on the Chemical and Physical Characteristics of a Potential Candidate for Organic Cooled Reactors
Angel Vasquez (MIT), Arunkumar Seshadri (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Jacopo Buongiorno (MIT)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 206-215
ESFR-SIMPLE Project: Towards a ESFR-SMR Design
P. Sciora (CEA), A. Pantano (CEA), E. Fridman (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), A. Ponomarev (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), P. Servell (EDF), D. Gérardin (EDF), E. Girardi (EDF), B. Farges (FRAMATOME), K. Mikityuk (Paul Scherrer Institute), A. Rineiski (KIT), J. Guidez (Nuclei Cogitum)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 216-225
Generic Sodium-Potassium-Cooled Thermal Microreactor Reference Design with Sizing-Burnup Tradeoff Study
Samuel Garcia (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Samuel E. Bays (INL), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 226-235
Develop by Embodiments: Managing Uncertainty in Reactor Conceptualization -- The MIGHTR from Boston Atomics
Enrique Velez-Lopez (Boston Atomics), W. Robb Stewart (Boston Atomics)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 236-246
Plant and Safety Features of Toshiba Innovative ABWR Plant iBR
Yukitaka Yamazaki (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions), Keiji Matsumoto (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions), Takashi Sato (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions), Masayuki Niimi (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 247-254
Build-To-Replace Strategy to Reduce the O&M Costs of Advanced Reactors
D. Mandelli (INL), A. Sowder (EPRI)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 258-268
Methods and Tools to Assess Robustness of Nuclear Plant Outages
D. Mandelli (INL), A. Al Rashdan (INL), C. Wang (INL), S. St. Germain (INL), S. Lawrence (INL), N. Mapes (INL), J. Cogliati (INL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 269-278
A Knowledge Graph Approach to Analyze Systems and Assets Health
D. Mandelli (INL), C. Wang (INL), J. Cogliati (INL), V. Agarwal (INL), C.M. Godbole (INL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 279-289
Investigation of Deposits on Filter Element of Primary Gas Circulators in HTTR
Toshinari Hasegawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Satoru Nagasumi (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Takahiro Nemoto (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Kunihiro Nakajima (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Keisuke Yokoyama (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Yusuke Fujiwara (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Ryoki Arakawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Kazuhiko Iigaki (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Hiroyuki Inoi (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Taiki Kawamoto (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 290-299
Physics Constrained Reinforcement Learning for Improved Control of Transient Maneuvers in Nuclear Power Plants
Aidan Rigby (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael J. Wagner (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Daniel Mikkelson (INL), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 302-311
Statistical and Neural Network for Real Sensor-Data-Driven Anomaly Detection in Nuclear Applications
Imtiaz Nasim (INL), Vivek Agarwal (INL), Joshua E. Daw (INL), Mingyue Ji (Univ. Utah), Sneha Kasera Kumar (Univ. Utah)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 312-321
Physics-Based Machine Learning Framework for Inferring Remaining Useful Life of Feedwater Heaters
Yeni Li (ANL), Akshay J. Dave (ANL), Richard B. Vilim (ANL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 322-331
Using Generative AI to Implement the Discrepancy Checker for a Nearly Autonomous Management and Control System for Advanced Reactors
Paridhi Athe (NCSU), Linyu Lin (INL), Nam Dinh (NCSU)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 332-341
Digital-Twin-Enabling Technologies for Online Condition Monitoring of Nuclear Power Plant Components
Edward Chen (INL), Vaibhav Yadav (INL), Vivek Agarwal (INL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 342-351
Development of a High Wind Probabilistic Risk Assessment Model for Korean Nuclear Power Plants
Seunghyun Jang (KAERI), Daegi Hahm (KAERI)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 356-366
Is Soil-Structure-Interaction Analysis of Isolated Reactor Buildings Needed?
Kaivalya M. Lal (Univ. Buffalo), Andrew S. Whittaker (Univ. Buffalo), Benjamin D. Kosbab (Simpson Gumpertz & Heger), Shahriar Vahdani (Applied Geodynamics), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 367-376
Choosing an Isolation System for a Nuclear Power Plant
Ching-Ching Yu (TerraPower), Faizan Ul Haq Mir (Univ. Buffalo), Benjamin M. Carmichael (Southern Co.), Brandon M. Chisholm (Southern Co.), Andrew S. Whittaker (Univ. Buffalo)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 377-386
Selection of Key Components and Risk Optimization to Improve Seismic Performance in Nuclear Power Plant
Hyun Su Moon (KAERI), Seunghyun Jang (KAERI), Minkyu Kim (KAERI)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 387-394
Root Cause Correlation Analysis of Software Failures via Orthogonal Defect Classification and Natural Language Processing
Edward Chen (INL), Han Bao (INL), Tate Shorthill (Univ. Pittsburgh)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 395-404
Multiple Radionuclides Source Term Estimation for Nuclear Accidents Based on Gaussian Puff Model and Ensemble Kalman Inversion
Siho Jang (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Juryong Park (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Eung Soo Kim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 406-416
Iodine Suppression by Pool Reactor In-Vessel Storage
Barry Mingst (TerraPower)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 417-423
Engagement Activities with the United Kingdom Regulators for the Westinghouse Lead Fast Reactor
J. Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), P. Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.), F. Franceschini (Westinghouse Electric Co.), C.A. Stansbury (Westinghouse Electric Co.), A. Levinsky (Westinghouse Electric Co.), J. Preston (Westinghouse Electric Co.), A. Schroeder (Westinghouse Electric Co.), N. Shulyak (Westinghouse Electric Co.), R.F. Wright (Westinghouse Electric Co.), S.J. Lee (Fauske & Assoc.), M. Caramello (Ansaldo Nucleare), M. Frignani (Ansaldo Nucleare), M. Tarantino (ENEA), G. Grasso (ENEA)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 424-433
Decommissioning Options at Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactors
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 434-440
A Cybersecurity Framework For Nuclear Microreactors
M.D. Chew (MIT), J. Buongiorno (MIT)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 442-450
Intersystem Software Common Cause Failure Modeling of Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems
Jisuk Kim (Chung-Ang Univ.), Tate Shorthill (INL), Edward Chen (INL), Han Bao (INL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 451-460
Development of Korean Standard Input for Off-Site Consequence Analysis
Yongjin Lee (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Sungyeop Kim (KAERI), Yongjin Kim (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Namchul Cho (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 461-470
Kinetic Behavior of Passive Reactivity Control Device IGEM for MoveluX Core
Rei Kimura (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions), Daisuke Ito (Kyoto Univ.), Naoya Odaira (Kyoto Univ.), Kei Ito (Kyoto Univ.), Yasushi Saito (Kyoto Univ.), Shohei Kanamura (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 474-482
Activation Analysis of Soils and Materials Under Small Transportable Reactors with Severe Shielding Weight Restrictions
R. Demuth (Univ. South Carolina), A. Horwood (Univ. South Carolina), M. Phipps (Univ. South Carolina), S. Bays (INL), T. Knight (Univ. South Carolina)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 483-492
SCALE Methodology for Spatially Based Activation of Materials for Transportable Microreactor Applications
Robert Demuth (Univ. South Carolina), Aaron Horwood (Univ. South Carolina), Matt Phipps (Univ. South Carolina), Samuel Bays (INL), Travis Knight (Univ. South Carolina)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 493-501
Evaluation of Capital Costs for UO2-Fueled Microreactors
Bradley Dunkin (Retired, Oregon Iron Works), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Jacopo Buongiorno (MIT)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 502-512
KIT Numerical Simulation Tools for the Transient Analysis of Water-Cooled Small Modular Reactors
V.H. Sanchez-Espinoza (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), U. Imke (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), K. Zhang (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), J. Duran-Gonzalez (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), A. Campos-Muñoz (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), G. Huaccho-Zavala (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 516-526
Custom ORIGEN Libraries for Tritium Production in Discrete Burnable Absorbers
Pavlo Ivanusa (PNNL), Clara Boutros (PNNL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 527-535
HTR-PROTEUS Nuclear Data Library Comparison Using MCNP6.3
John D. Bess (JFoster & Assoc.), Oliver Köberl (Axpo Power AG/Kernenergie)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 536-545
Bias in 3D Power Distribution from Equilibrium Xenon Effects when Insufficient Neutron Histories per Cycle are used in Monte Carlo Simulation of CANDU6
Yeseul Seo (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Arief Rahman Hakim (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Douglas A. Fynan (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 546-555
Core Design Optimization of the Westinghouse Lead Fast Reactor
Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL), Kyle Ramey (ANL), Scott Richards (ANL), Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Martin Jonson (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 556-565
Competitiveness Assessment of Decarbonizing Electricity and Process Heat Supply to a Campus with a Small Nuclear Reactor
Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL), Josh Koons (ANL), Ed Hoffman (ANL), Anton Moisseytsev (ANL), Ryan Dailey (ANL), Jill Ptak (ANL), Claudio Filippone (Filippone and Assoc.), John Busch (ANL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 570-580
Dynamic Modelling and Optimisation of a Small Modular Reactor for Electricity Production and District Heating in the Helsinki Region
Guido C. Masotti (Politecnico di Milano), David Haubensack (CEA), Jussi-Pekka Ikonen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Tomi J. Lindroos (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Stefano Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano), Gabriel L. Pavel (ENEN), Marco E. Ricotti (Politecnico di Milano)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 581-590
Long-Term Power Dispatch Optimization and Real-Time Control of DETAIL Facility Using HERON-FARM
Haoyu Wang (ANL), Roberto Ponciroli (ANL), Richard Vilim (ANL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 591-601
Assessment of the Thermal Extraction Capabilities of the HYBRID Modelica Models
Iza G. Lantgios (INL), Logan D. Williams (INL), Daniel M. Mikkelson (INL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 602-610
Base-Load Nuclear Energy for Ammonia, Paper, Biofuels and Mining Facilities with Dispatchable Electricity Using High-Temperature Electrolysis
Charles Forsberg (MIT), John Parsons (MIT), Hanna Won (MIT)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 612-623
Prismatic High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Model in Support of Integrated Energy Systems
Logan Williams (INL), J. Michael Doster (NCSU), Daniel Mikkelson (INL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 624-633
Nuclear Plant Phenomena Identification and Ranking Table (PIRT) Adaptation for Integrated Energy Systems (IES)
Emily V. Meilus (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Isabelle O. Lindsay (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jamie B. Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 634-643
Techno-Economic Analysis of Process Heat Delivery Integration with Advanced Nuclear Reactors
Ketan Ajay (Purdue Univ.), Zayed Ahmed (Advanced Cooling Technologies), Rabie Abu Saleem (Jordan Univ. Science and Technology), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue Univ.)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 644-652
Experimental Study on a Loss of Shutdown Cooling System (SCS) Accompanied by a Main Steam Line Break (MSLB) Accident Based on the Risk/Performance Information Analysis
Yusun Park (KAERI), Byoung Uhn Bae (KAERI), Jongrok Kim (KAERI), Jae Bong Lee (KAERI), Seok Cho (KAERI), Kyoung Ho Kang (KAERI), Jae Beol Hong (Future & Challenge Technology), Hyun Bin Chang (Future & Challenge Technology)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 656-665
Experimental Study on Pressure Loss Characteristic in a Vertical Annulus Under Low Reynolds Number Natural Circulation Flow Conditions
Youngchang Ko (Pusan Nat'l Univ.), Seongbae Park (Pusan Nat'l Univ.), Sanggyun Nam (Pusan Nat'l Univ.), Jae Jun Jeong (Pusan Nat'l Univ.), Byongjo Yun (Pusan Nat'l Univ.)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 666-674
Testing of Lead Freezing at the LEFREEZ Facility in Support of Westinghouse Lead Fast Reactor Development
Fabio Martini (Westinghouse Electric Co. UK), Sung Jin Lee (Fauske & Assoc.), Michael Epstein (Fauske & Assoc.), Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Dean Wilson (Univ. Manchester), Hector Iacovides (Univ. Manchester)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 675-684
First Phase Passive Heat Removal Facility (PHRF) Experiments for Westinghouse LFR
Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Marco Caramello (Ansaldo Nucleare), Megan Durse (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Richard F. Wright (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Giorgio K. Youssef (Sapienza Univ. Rome), Michele Frignani (Ansaldo Nuclear), Mariano Tarantino (ENEA), Aiden Wimshurst (Frazer-Nash Consultancy), Rhodri Watkins (Frazer-Nash Consultancy), Graham Macpherson (Frazer-Nash Consultancy)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 685-694
Steam Condensation Scaled Experiment in the Presence of Non-Condensable Gas for Reactor Containment Passive Safety Analysis
Palash K. Bhowmik (INL), Joshua P. Schlegel (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 696-705
Comparison of Experimental Data with Thermal-Hydraulic Codes RELAP5-3D and TRACE for Power Transient Flow Boiling Scenarios
M.A. Moreno (Univ. New Mexico), N.A. Meehan (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), C.M. Perfetti (Univ. New Mexico), N.R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 706-715
Validation of the SAM Code: Development of a Coupled 1D/3D Model of the TALL-3D Natural Circulation Loop
Eric Cervi (ANL), Ling Zou (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 716-725
Modeling and Validation of Heat Pipes with Non-Condensable Gases
M. Tano (INL), P. Sabharwall (INL), K. Sweetland (LANL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 726-735
RELAP5 Simulations of the PASI Experiment on Containment Wall Condensation
Gianmarco Grippo (Univ. Bologna), Massimiliano Polidori (ENEA)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 736-745
Development of Data Reporting Standards for High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (HTGR) Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) Thermal-Fluid Experiments
Sunming Qin (INL), Zachary Welker (Univ. Michigan), Robert F. Kile (INL), Gerhard Strydom (INL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 748-757
Helium Gap Effects on Thermal Performance of Heat Pipe and Axial Flow Type Heat Exchanger
Faruk Celik (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), In Cheol Bang (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 758-767
Conjugate Heat Transfer Between a Micro-HTGR and Shipping Container
T-Ying Lin (Purdue Univ.), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue Univ.)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 768-776
Multi-Physics Simulation of a Pebble Bed High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor with a SAM/Griffin Coupled Model
Zhiee Jhia Ooi (ANL), Gang Yang (ANL), Travis Mui (ANL), Ling Zou (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 777-786
Sensitivity Analyses of Natural Convection in the AP1000 Passive Containment Cooling System Following LBLOCA Using CFD
Hossam H. Abdellatif (Univ. Idaho), David Arcilesi (Univ. Idaho), Palash K. Bhowmik (INL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 788-797
Modeling In-Reactor Temperature Gradients in Lithium Aluminate Ceramic Pellets
Nathan Carstens (PNNL), Mie Azuma (PNNL), Robert Gates (PNNL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 798-807
Post-Test Calculation Results of C2.1 Test of OECD-ATLAS3 International Cooperation Program
Seok Cho (KAERI), Byoung-Uhn Bae (KAERI), Yu-Sun Park (KAERI), Nam-Hyun Choi (KAERI), Jae-Bong Lee (KAERI), Jong-Rok Kim (KAERI), Kyoung-Ho Kang (KAERI)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 808-815
Uncertainty Propagation from Experiment Measurements to Modeling Approaches: A Case for SMR Steam Entrainment Testing
Kenneth L. Fossum (INL), Palash K. Bhowmik (INL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 816-825
Thermal Hydraulic Modeling of Molten Salt Microreactor Using RELAP5-3D
Jackson Ivory (Brigham Young Univ.), Andrew Larsen (Brigham Young Univ.), Matthew Memmott (Brigham Young Univ.)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 828-837
Heterogeneous Model for Heat Transfer in Porous Debris Bed
Ji-Won Choi (Sejong Univ.), In-Sik Ra (Sejong Univ.), Gi-Young Tak (Sejong Univ.), Hae-Yong Jeong (Sejong Univ.)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 838-846
Global Sensitivity Analysis of Distributed Fiber Optic Temperature Measurements in a Thermal Hydraulic System
Lauren Kohler (NCSU), Darius Lisowski (ANL), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 847-855
Fuel Expansion in Pressure Supported Fuel Reactors
T. Wielenga (Wielenga Innovation Foundation), W.S. Yang (Univ. Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 856-868
Code Benchmark of Pressurized Conduction Cooldown Transient in the High Temperature Test Facility
Thanh Hua (ANL), Robert Kile (INL), Sung Nam Lee (KAERI), Ling Zou (ANL), Aaron Epiney (INL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 869-878
Preliminary Analysis on Thermal-Hydraulic Behavior of PBR Cores Using DEM-CFD Coupled Method
Joong Young Seo (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Young Beom Jo (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Sung Joon Kwon (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Eung Soo Kim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 880-889
Preliminary Multi-GPU Simulation on IVR-ERVC by Coupling Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics and System Code
Yelyn Ahn (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Tae Soo Choi (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), So-Hyun Park (KAERI), Eung Soo Kim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 890-900
Safety Analysis and Design Specifications of MIT's Sodium Graphite Micro-Reactor
N. Kallieros (ETHZ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), G. Park (MIT), J. Buongiorno (MIT), K. Shirvan (MIT)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 901-910
Comparative Study of Critical Heat Flux Prediction Using Deep Learning Models (Convolutional Neural Networks versus Deep Neural Networks)
Messaoud Djeddou (Mohamed Khider Univ.), Ibrahim A. Hammed (Norwegian Univ. Science and Technology), Xingang Zhao (ORNL), Jehad Al Dallal (Gulf Univ. Science and Technology)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 911-920
Inverse Problem Approach for Estimating Operating Conditions and Uncertainty Quantification in Actual Forced Convection System
Haeseong Kim (MIT), Sacit Cetiner (INL), Matteo Bucci (MIT)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 921-930
A Performance and Scalability Analysis of the Hydrodynamic Molten Salt Lubricated Bearings
Yuqi Liu (Univ. New Mexico), Shuai Che (Univ. Michigan), Adam Burak (Univ. Michigan), Bao Nguyen (Univ. New Mexico), Minghui Chen (Univ. New Mexico)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 932-940
System-Level Tritium Transport Modeling Capability in SAM
Travis Mui (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL), Quan Zhou (Kairos Power), Thanh Hua (ANL), Ling Zou (ANL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 941-950
Effect of Two-Phase Throttling on Performance of a Large Scale Water-Based RCCS
Qiuping Lv (ANL), Matthew Jasica (ANL), Darius Lisowski (ANL), Zhiee Jhia Ooi (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL), Mitch Farmer (ANL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 951-960
Preliminary Scaling Analysis for Containment Vessel of Integral Effect Test Facility for i-SMR
Jin-Hwa Yang (KAERI), Byoung-Uhn Bae (KAERI), Hwang Bae (KAERI), Kyoung-Ho Kang (KAERI)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 961-969
Interface Capturing Simulations and Analysis of Boiling Phenomenon in Complex Geometries
Christopher B. Landis (NCSU), Anna Iskhakova (NCSU), Yoshiyuki Kondo (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Koichi Tanimoto (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Nam T. Dinh (NCSU), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 970-978
Assessment of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 Using the NACIE-UP Experimental Facility
Daniel J. O'Grady (ANL), Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Sung Jin Lee (Fauske & Assoc.), Rachel Thomas (ANL)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 980-989
Development of One-Dimensional Freezing Model in SAM for Salt-Cooled Reactor Analysis Applications
Ling Zou (ANL), Quan Zhou (Kairos Power), Dan O’Grady (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL), Alex Heald (Kairos Power), Haihua Zhao (Kairos Power)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 990-999
MELCOR Analysis of Accident Mitigation Capability of Flooding Safety System in Korean i-SMR Under Hypothetical Loss of Coolant Accident
Chang Hyun Song (Hanyang Univ.), JinHo Song (Hanyang Univ.), Sung Joong Kim (Hanyang Univ.)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 1000-1009
BWR-Type SMR with Load-Following Function, FCVS, and Seismic Isolation Device that Eliminates Location Requirements
Tadashi Narabayashi (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Hiroshige Kikura (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Kazuhiko Kasai (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Koji Endo (Rasa Industries)
Proceedings | 2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) | Las Vegas, NV, June 16-19, 2024 | Pages 1010-1023