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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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NEA report calls for more accurate data on SNF heat decay
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency has issued a report calling for more-detailed information on tracking the decay heat of spent nuclear fuel from light water reactors. According to the NEA, the report highlights the increasing importance of accurate decay heat estimations due to evolving fuel characteristics, including higher initial fuel enrichment, increased burn-up rates, and extended reactor cycle lengths.
The report, Summary of the NEA Assessment on Spent Nuclear Fuel Decay Heat for Light Water Reactors, summarizes the findings of a subgroup of the NEA’s Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS), which ran from January 2022 to January 2024.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|8:00–9:45AM PDT|Jasmine F
Session Chair:
Nadish Saini (ANL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Rui Hu (ANL)
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Simulations of Two-Phase Boiling Flow in a 5x5 Rod Bundle with Spacer Grids Under PWR Conditions
8:00–8:20AM PDT
Prasad Vegendla (ANL), Adrian Tentner (ANL)
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Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of the INL Boiling Water Reactor Test Facility Using RELAP5-3D©
8:20–8:40AM PDT
Andrew Prince (Oregon State), Izabela Gutowska (Oregon State), Wade Marcum (Oregon State), Nate Oldham (INL), Jason Barney (INL), Kendell Horman (INL), Brian Durtschi (INL), Joshua Graves (ORNL)
Modeling of Two-Phase Oscillatory Transient in a Large Scale RCCS with RELAP5-3D
8:40–9:00AM PDT
Zhiee Jhia Ooi (ANL), Qiuping Lv (ANL), Matthew Jasica (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL), Darius Lisowski (ANL)
Evaluating MARS-KS Code Performance for Predicting Density Wave Oscillation in Helical Tubes
9:00–9:20AM PDT
Seunghwan Oh (KAIST), Doh Hyeon Kim (KAIST), Jeong Ik Lee (KAIST)
ATF Pool Boiling CHF Predictions Using ML
9:20–9:40AM PDT
Bruno Pinheiro Serrao (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Eliot Ciuperca (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Juliana Pacheco Duarte (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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