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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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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|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Chicago Ballroom B
Session Chair:
Guanyi Wang (ANL)
Alternate Chair:
Adam Dix (NNL)
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Helium Air Mixing in Steam Generator Cavity of High Temperature Gas Reactors
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Abdullah S. Abubakar (City College of New York), Masahiro Kawaji (City College of New York)
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Natural Circulation Flow in a Simulated Reactor Core of HTGR
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Margulan Tursynkhan (The City College of New York), Abdullah Abubakar (The City College of New York), Masahiro Kawaji (The City College of New York)
Some Hazards and Mitigation Considerations for Molten Halide Salt Experiments
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Kevin R. Robb (ORNL), Joanna McFarlane (ORNL)
Experimental Investigation of Additively Manufactured Helically Rifled Tubing for Molten Salt Heat Exchangers
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Ryan P. McGuire (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Andrew Hutsell (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), James Vulcanoff (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Development Toward an In-Situ Thermal Conductivity Measurement Device for Nuclear Reactors
11:20–11:40AM CDT
Jacob Numbers (Brigham Young Univ.), Andrew Christensen (Brigham Young Univ.), Tyler Hamm (Brigham Young Univ.), McKay Sumsion (Brigham Young Univ.), Spencer Larson (Brigham Young Univ.), Ryan Ruth (Brigham Young Univ.), Troy Munro (Brigham Young Univ.)
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