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NextGen MURR to partner with Burns & McDonnell
The University of Missouri has entered a consulting agreement with construction firm Burns & McDonnell to develop NextGen MURR, a new 20-MW light water research reactor that will produce medical isotopes for cancer treatments and theranostics and will be used to conduct neutron science research.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Thermal Hydraulics Analysis and Testing
Monday, June 17, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Palm H
Session Chair:
Rui Hu (ANL)
Alternate Chairs:
Mauricio E. Tano (INL)
Palash K. Bhowmik (INL)
Session Organizers:
Hiroyuki Yoshida (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Caleb S. Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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Steam Condensation Scaled Experiment in the Presence of Non-Condensable Gas for Reactor Containment Passive Safety Analysis
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Palash K. Bhowmik (INL), Joshua P. Schlegel (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
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Comparison of Experimental Data with Thermal-Hydraulic Codes RELAP5-3D and TRACE for Power Transient Flow Boiling Scenarios
3:35–3:55PM PDT
M.A. Moreno (Univ. New Mexico), N.A. Meehan (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), C.M. Perfetti (Univ. New Mexico), N.R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Validation of the SAM Code: Development of a Coupled 1D/3D Model of the TALL-3D Natural Circulation Loop
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Eric Cervi (ANL), Ling Zou (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL)
Modeling and Validation of Heat Pipes with Non-Condensable Gases
4:15–4:35PM PDT
M. Tano (INL), P. Sabharwall (INL), K. Sweetland (LANL)
RELAP5 Simulations of the PASI Experiment on Containment Wall Condensation
4:35–4:55PM PDT
Gianmarco Grippo (Univ. Bologna), Massimiliano Polidori (ENEA)
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