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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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I work in the analytical labs at one of Europe’s oldest and largest nuclear sites: Sellafield, in northwestern England. I spend my days at the fume hood front, pipette in one hand and radiation probe in the other (and dosimeter pinned to my chest, of course). Outside the lab, I have a second job: I moonlight as a writer and public speaker. My new popular science book—Going Nuclear: How the Atom Will Save the World—came out last summer, and it feels like my life has been running at full power ever since.
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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