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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Nano Nuclear wins Air Force contract for Kronos MMR
New York City–based advanced nuclear technology developer Nano Nuclear Energy has been awarded a Direct-to-Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract for its Kronos micro modular reactor (MMR) by AFWERX, the innovation and venture arm of the U.S. Air Force. The contract calls for AFWERX, with the 11th Civil Engineering Squadron, to explore the feasibility of deploying the Kronos MMR Energy System at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) in Washington, D.C.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Thermal Hydraulics Analysis and Testing
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Palm H
Session Chair:
Zhiee Ooi (ANL)
Alternate Chair:
Thanh Hua (ANL)
Session Organizers:
Hiroyuki Yoshida (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Mauricio E. Tano (INL)
Caleb S. Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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Thermal Hydraulic Modeling of Molten Salt Microreactor Using RELAP5-3D
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Jackson Ivory (Brigham Young Univ.), Andrew Larsen (Brigham Young Univ.), Matthew Memmott (Brigham Young Univ.)
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Heterogeneous Model for Heat Transfer in Porous Debris Bed
3:35–3:55PM PDT
Ji-Won Choi (Sejong Univ.), In-Sik Ra (Sejong Univ.), Gi-Young Tak (Sejong Univ.), Hae-Yong Jeong (Sejong Univ.)
Global Sensitivity Analysis of Distributed Fiber Optic Temperature Measurements in a Thermal Hydraulic System
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Lauren Kohler (NCSU), Darius Lisowski (ANL), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
Fuel Expansion in Pressure Supported Fuel Reactors
4:15–4:35PM PDT
T. Wielenga (Wielenga Innovation Foundation), W.S. Yang (Univ. Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan)
Code Benchmark of Pressurized Conduction Cooldown Transient in the High Temperature Test Facility
4:35–4:55PM PDT
Thanh Hua (ANL), Robert Kile (INL), Sung Nam Lee (KAERI), Ling Zou (ANL), Aaron Epiney (INL)
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