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Thermal Hydraulics
The division provides a forum for focused technical dialogue on thermal hydraulic technology in the nuclear industry. Specifically, this will include heat transfer and fluid mechanics involved in the utilization of nuclear energy. It is intended to attract the highest quality of theoretical and experimental work to ANS, including research on basic phenomena and application to nuclear system design.
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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ANS’s Mentor Match applications open
Applications are now open for the American Nuclear Society’s newly redesigned mentoring program. Mentor Match is a unique opportunity available only to ANS members that offers year-round mentorship and networking opportunities to Society members at any point in their education.
The deadline to apply for membership in the inaugural summer cohort, which will take place July 1–August 31, is June 20. The application form can be found here.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Belmont
Session Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Alternate Chair:
Ishita Trivedi (INL)
Session Organizer:
Zeyun Wu
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Bayesian Optimization for Reactor Design Optimization
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Kangan Chen (Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison), Xianjian Xie (School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Arizona State University), Peter German (INL), Hao Yan (School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Arizona State University), Andi Wang (1 Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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Investigating the Neutronic Potential of Control Rod Materials for Improved Accident Tolerance using SCALE 6.3.1
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Rahnuma Aziz Nisa (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Dylan J. Garofalo (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Seung K. Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Dean Kreuger (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Joon H. Moon (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Sawyer J. Foley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Demonstration and Preliminary Validation of Griffin for MSR Depletion with Chemical Removal Parametric Studies
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Tingzhou Fei (ANL), Shayan Shahbazi (ANL), Donny Hartanto (ORNL), Eva E. Davidson (ORNL), Samuel Walker (INL), Mauricio E. Tano (INL)
Validation of Reactivity Feedback Calculations for Sodium Fast Reactors Using SEFOR Experimental Data
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Yan Cao (ANL), Ahmed Amin Abdelhameed (ANL), Emily R. Shemon (ANL), Bo Feng (ANL)
Validation of Argonne Reactor Code Suite for Neutronics Benchmarks of China Experimental Fast Reactor
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Hansol Park (ANL), Taek Kyum Kim (ANL), Michael G. Jarrett (TerraPower), Zhaopeng Zhong (ANL), Changho Lee (ANL)
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