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May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Access anywhere, anytime: Nuclear power, Ice Camp, and Rickover’s enduring standard of excellence
Admiral William Houston
As U.S. Navy submarines surface through Arctic ice during Ice Camp 2026, they demonstrate more than operational proficiency in one of the harshest environments on Earth. They reaffirm a technological truth first proven in August 1958, when the USS Nautilus completed its submerged transit of the North Pole: nuclear power enables access anywhere, anytime.
The Arctic is unforgiving, with vast distances, extreme cold, shifting ice, and no logistical infrastructure. Conventional propulsion is constrained by fuel, air, and endurance. Nuclear propulsion removes those constraints. Only a nuclear-powered submarine can operate anywhere in the world’s oceans, including under the polar ice, undetected and at maximum capability for extended periods. Nuclear power provides sustained high speed and the endurance to reposition across the globe without refueling.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Thermal Hydraulics Analysis and Testing
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Palm H
Session Chair:
Alex Grannan (ANL)
Alternate Chair:
Eric Cervi (ANL)
Session Organizers:
Hiroyuki Yoshida (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Mauricio E. Tano (INL)
Caleb S. Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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Sensitivity Analyses of Natural Convection in the AP1000 Passive Containment Cooling System Following LBLOCA Using CFD
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Hossam H. Abdellatif (Univ. Idaho), David Arcilesi (Univ. Idaho), Palash K. Bhowmik (INL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
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Modeling In-Reactor Temperature Gradients in Lithium Aluminate Ceramic Pellets
1:20–1:40PM PDT
Nathan Carstens (PNNL), Mie Azuma (PNNL), Robert Gates (PNNL)
Post-Test Calculation Results of C2.1 Test of OECD-ATLAS3 International Cooperation Program
1:40–2:00PM PDT
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)
Uncertainty Propagation from Experiment Measurements to Modeling Approaches: A Case for SMR Steam Entrainment Testing
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Kenneth L. Fossum (INL), Palash K. Bhowmik (INL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
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