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May 31–June 3, 2026
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Going Nuclear: Notes from the officially unofficial book tour
I work in the analytical labs at one of Europe’s oldest and largest nuclear sites: Sellafield, in northwestern England. I spend my days at the fume hood front, pipette in one hand and radiation probe in the other (and dosimeter pinned to my chest, of course). Outside the lab, I have a second job: I moonlight as a writer and public speaker. My new popular science book—Going Nuclear: How the Atom Will Save the World—came out last summer, and it feels like my life has been running at full power ever since.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom B
Session Chair:
Elia Merzari (Penn State)
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Experimental Investigation of a Scaled-Down MSR Drain System for Hydrodynamic Performance Evaluation
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Joo Hyung Seo (UNIST), Ji H. Kim (HYUNDAI ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION NewEnergy Division), Sang J. Kim (HYUNDAI ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION NewEnergy Division), In Cheol Bang (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
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Analysis of MSR Fuel Salt Drain System Through MARS Simulation of Scaled Experiments
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Woonho Jeong (HYUNDAI ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION), Sangjin Kim (HYUNDAI ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION), Seul B. Park (HYUNDAI ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION), Ji H. Kim (HYUNDAI ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION)
Towards a High-Fidelity Model of the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Rok Krpan (TAMU), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin), Cole A. Gentry (Univ. Texas, Austin), Jean C. Ragusa (TAMU)
An Anisotropic Method for Modeling Contact Thermal Resistance in CHT Simulations of PBRs
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Dezhi Dai (ANL), Haomin Yuan (ANL), Prasad Vegendla (ANL), Adrian Tentner (ANL)
Numerical Database for Simulation of a 67-Pebble Bed
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Michael J. Seneca (Penn State University), Haomin Yuan (ANL), Adrian Tentner (ANL), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
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