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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Take steps on SNF and HLW disposal
Matt Bowen
With a new administration and Congress, it is time once again to ponder what will happen—if anything—on U.S. spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste management policy over the next few years. One element of the forthcoming discussion seems clear: The executive and legislative branches are eager to talk about recycling commercial SNF. Whatever the merits of doing so, it does not obviate the need for one or more facilities for disposal of remaining long-lived radionuclides. For that reason, making progress on U.S. disposal capabilities remains urgent, lest the associated radionuclide inventories simply be left for future generations to deal with.
In March, Rick Perry, who was secretary of energy during President Trump’s first administration, observed that during his tenure at the Department of Energy it became clear to him that any plan to move SNF “required some practical consent of the receiving state and local community.”1
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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