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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Supreme Court declines to hear case involving St. Louis contamination
The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday declined to hear an appeal from General Atomics subsidiary Cotter Corporation and Commonwealth Edison, an Exelon company, in a case over alleged radioactive contamination in the St. Louis, Mo., area, leaving in place an 8th Circuit Court ruling that allows the plaintiffs’ state-law tort claims to proceed under the federal Price-Anderson Act.
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)
Paper
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.)
