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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Advanced Reactor Safety (ARS)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Palm A
Session Chair:
David Grabaskas (ANL)
Alternate Chair:
Matthew R. Denman
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Preliminary Study of Iodine Gas Removal in Sodium Pools
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Dong Hoon Kam (ANL), David Grabaskas (ANL), Yasushi Okano (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Akihiro Uchibori (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Tyler Starkus (ANL), Matthew Bucknor (ANL)
Paper
Thermochemical Modeling of Radionuclide Vapor-Liquid Equilibria in Sodium Pools for SFR Mechanistic Source Term Analysis
1:20–1:40PM PDT
Shayan Shahbazi (ANL), Sara Thomas (ANL), Tyler Starkus (ANL), David Grabaskas (ANL)
A Mass Transfer Model for Source Term Release from A Spilled Molten Salt Pool Accounting for Both Gas and Liquid Side Resistances
1:40–2:00PM PDT
Quan Zhou (Kairos Power), Kyoung Min Kang (Kairos Power), Jake McMurray (Kairos Power), Matthew Denman (Kairos Power), Haihua Zhao (Kairos Power)
Thermodynamic Analysis of the Relationship between Peak Fuel Enthalpy and Fuel Behavior for Fast Reactor Design
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Yan Peng (China Institute of Atomic Energy)
Attachment — Paper ID 43279
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