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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NRC dockets construction permit for Dow, X-energy SMR
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted Dow’s construction permit application to build an X-energy small modular reactor in Seadrift, Texas.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom A
Session Chair:
Dillon R. Shaver
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Izabela Gutowska
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Optical and Neutron Imaging Measurements of Gas Bubble Rise Velocity in Molten Salt
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Daniel Orea (ORNL), Kevin R. Robb (ORNL), Joanna McFarlane (ORNL), James Torres (ORNL), Yuxuan Zhang (ORNL), Molly Ross (Purdue Univ.)
Paper
Bubble Injector for Molten Salt Surrogate Fluid
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Courts H. Breeden (Virginia Polyechnic Inst & State University), Yang Liu (Virginia Tech)
Analyzing Two-phase Frictional Pressure Losses in Horizontal and Vertical Straight Pipes
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Alicja Stoppel (Purdue Univ.), Zhengting Quan (Purdue Univ.), Adam J. Dix (Purdue Univ.), Seungjin Kim (Purdue Univ.)
Exploratory Experiments for Local Parameter Variations in Inclined Two-phase Flows
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Adam J. Dix (Purdue Univ.), David H. Kang (Purdue Univ.), Alicja Stoppel (Purdue Univ.), Seungjin Kim (Purdue Univ.)
Experimental Study of Upward Annular Two-Phase Flow
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Peter Iascone (Young Members Group), Shanbin Shi (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Yang Liu (Virginia Tech)
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