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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
Standards Program
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DOE-EM sees nearly $2M in savings in naval reactor D&D recycling
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management said the Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) has recycled more than 2,100 tons of noncontaminated metal debris since 2022 as it works to demolish three legacy Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program prototypes at the Idaho National Laboratory Site, saving taxpayers nearly $2 million in disposal costs while advancing the project’s environmental goals.
Advanced Reactor Safety (ARS)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Palm B
Session Chair:
Dennis W. Henneke
Alternate Chair:
Mihai A. Diaconeasa
Session Organizer:
Matthew R. Denman
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Comparison of Point Kinetics and Spatial Kinetics Models for the Generic Fluoride-Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactor (gFHR)
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Jonathan L. Barthle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Edward M. Duchnowski (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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LES at Low Richardson Number to investigate Thermal Stratification in SFRs Upper Plenums
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Theodore Chu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Trevor Franklin (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), L.B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
SAS4A/SASSYS-1 Modeling Improvements for the Transition to Natural Circulation
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Rachel A. Thomas (ANL), Daniel J. O'Grady (ANL), Thomas H. Fanning (ANL), Acacia J. Brunett (ANL)
Automated Multiphysics Evaluation Model Assessment and Determination of Thermal-Hydraulic Safety Margins
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Clyde Huibregtse (Oklo), Amrit Patel (Oklo), Patrick Everett (Oklo)
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