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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Colorado, Montana bases selected for DOD microreactor program
Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana. (Photo: Malmstrom AFB)
The Department of the Air Force (DAF) and the Defense Innovation Unit within the Department of Defense have selected Buckley Space Force Base in Colorado and Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana to potentially site microreactors.
Wednesday’s announcement moves forward the plans of the Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations (ANPI) program, which was launched in 2024 with the objective of deploying “advanced, contractor-owned and operated” microreactors from commercial reactor companies on bases.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom B
Session Chair:
Subash Sharma (UML)
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Effect of Leak in the Upper Vessel Head of HTGRs on Onset of Natural Circulation
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Daniel W. Gould (Kansas State), John M. Matulis (Purdue Univ.), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue Univ.)
Presented by Broderick Sieh (Purdue Univ.)
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Improvements of the Reactor Vessel Auxiliary Cooling System (RVACS) Models within SAS4A/SASSYS-1
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Yeongshin Jeong (ANL), Daniel O'Grady (ANL), Acacia J. Brunett (ANL)
A One-Dimensional Modelling Approach for Thermal Mixing and Stratification in Nuclear Reactors: Numerical Verification and Demonstration
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Eric Cervi (ANL), Grégoire Lebrun (ANL), Ling Zou (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL)
Simulations of Twisted Tape Inserts of Varying Twist Pitches to Understand Thermal Hydraulic Impacts in Fusion Energy Systems
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Gavin Standish (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Sierra Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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