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Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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NextGen MURR Working Group established in Missouri
The University of Missouri’s Board of Curators has created the NextGen MURR Working Group to serve as a strategic advisory body for the development of the NextGen MURR (University of Missouri Research Reactor).
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Monday, June 17, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Jasmine F
Session Chair:
Subash L. Sharma (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Juliana Pacheco Duarte (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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Uncertainties for In-Reactor Testing of Tritium Loaded Getters with Temperature Control
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Mie Azuma (PNNL), Nathan Carstens (PNNL), Kevin Anderson (PNNL), Robert Gates (PNNL)
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Preliminary Experimental and Numerical Studies of Light-Core Vortex Rings
1:20–1:40PM PDT
Thien Duy Nguyen (ORNL), Nolan Goth (ORNL), Pablo Moresco (ORNL), Vincent Jodoin (ORNL), Vivek Rao (ORNL)
Identification of Relevant Dimensionless Parameters Using Buckingham Pi Analysis of Helical Rifled Tubes
1:40–2:00PM PDT
Ryan P. McGuire (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Sierra Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), James Vulcanoff (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Scaling Sensitivity Analysis of PUMA Bottom Drain Line Break Accident
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Xueyan Zhang (Huazhong Univ. Science and Technology), Jun Yang (Huazhong Univ. Science and Technology)
Correlation Models of Radioactive Particle Deposition in Ventilation Ducts in Nonreactor Nuclear Facilities
2:20–2:40PM PDT
Daniel Orea (ORNL), Thien Duy Nguyen (ORNL), William McCarter (ORNL), Scott Nelson (ORNL), Joanna McFarlane (ORNL)
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