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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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OECD NEA meeting focuses on irradiation experiments
Members of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency’s Second Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES-II) joint undertaking gathered from September 29 to October 3 in Ketchum, Idaho, for the technical advisory group and governing board meetings hosted by Idaho National Laboratory. The FIDES-II Framework aims to ensure and foster competences in experimental nuclear fuel and structural materials in-reactor experiments through a diverse set of Joint Experimental Programs (JEEPs).
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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