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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Building momentum for a stronger ANS
Hash Hashemianpresident@ans.org
The 2025 ANS Annual Conference in Chicago was a powerful springboard to begin my term as president. With over 1,400 attendees, it was one of our most dynamic gatherings in recent memory—full of energy, ideas, and a shared commitment to advancing nuclear science and technology.
As we move forward, my focus is clear: to elevate the role of nuclear in environmental protection, national security, energy diversity, and grid stability. These priorities are not just strategic—they are essential to a cleaner, more resilient future.
The goals I laid out at the conclusion of the Board of Directors meeting in June are simple, but I am sure they will be effective in engaging our community.
One simple change to start is the move away from the term meetings—the American Nuclear Society now uses the term conferences to describe its two yearly flagship gatherings, to more appropriately reflect the more than 1,000 attendees that these events bring together.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Monday, June 17, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Jasmine F
Session Chair:
Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Sunming Qin (INL)
This session will conclude with a brief THD Awards Ceremony. Two awards for excellence in reviewing papers/summaries and a best paper award will be presented.
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Parametric Study of the CHF Occurrence During RIAs for High Burnup Fuels.
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Luiz C. Aldeia Machado (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Lise Charlot (INL)
Paper
Development of Segregated Thermal-Hydraulics Solvers in MOOSE
3:35–3:55PM PDT
Peter German (INL), Alexander D. Lindsay (INL), Mauricio E. Tano (INL), Guillaume L. Giudicelli (INL), Ramiro O. Freile (INL), Sebastian Schunert (INL)
Numerical Evaluation of Effective Thermal Conductivity of PCM with Metal Foam Incorporating Buoyancy Effects for Thermal Energy Storage
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Janghun Han (Hanyang Univ.), Junsoo Yoo (INL), Sunming Qin (INL), Minseop Song (Hanyang Univ.)
A Eulerian Framework for Modeling and Simulation of Particle Transport During Fuel Dispersal
4:15–4:35PM PDT
Avinash Moharana (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Shanbin Shi (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Simulation of Pebble Bed Conduction Cooldown Using LIGGGHTS DEM Software Package
4:35–4:55PM PDT
Andres Gomez (Purdue Univ.), John Matulis (Purdue Univ.), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue Univ.)
Preliminary Analysis of Fluid-Structure Interaction Behavior for MITR LEU Fuel Elements
4:55–5:15PM PDT
M. Sharabi (ANL), C. Bojanowski (ANL), W. Mohamed (ANL), G. Wang (ANL), M. Sitek (ANL), K. Anderson (ANL), L.-W. Hu (MIT), E. Wilson (ANL)
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