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Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
Meeting Spotlight
International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Monday, June 16, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom A
Session Chair:
Dillon R. Shaver
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Carolina Dutra (Penn State)
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Interface Capturing Simulations of the Impact of Shear Rate Variations on the Interfacial Forces Acting on a Bubble
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Maxim Khvostov (NCSU), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)
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Spectrally Resolved Interface Capturing Simulations of Bubble Sparging in Glass Melters
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Nadish Saini (ANL), Donna P. Guillen (INL), Dillon R. Shaver (ANL)
An Overview of the Phase-II of the NEAMS Thermal-hydraulics IRP
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Elia Merzari (Penn State), Tri Nguyen (Penn State), Dillon R. Shaver (ANL), Emilio Baglietto (MIT), Nam T. Dinh (NC State), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)
DNS Investigation of Turbulent Mixed Convection in a Vertical Channel Under Transient Conditions
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Alexey Burbasov (NCSU), Tri Nguyen (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)
Simulations of External Flow Around Twisted Elliptical Tubes for Above Unity Prandtl Numbers and Low to Moderate Reynolds Numbers
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Sierra Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Dillon R. Shaver (ANL), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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