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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Highlights from first panel of the 2026 ANS Annual Conference
Yesterday, the American Nuclear Society’s Annual Conference got off to an exciting start with an opening plenary that in its first half featured extensive commentary from ANS CEO Craig Piercy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Ho Nieh, the Department of Energy’s Michael Goff, and several others key leaders in the U.S. nuclear industry.
Technical Session|Thermal Hydraulics (THD)
Wednesday, June 3, 2026|1:15–3:00PM MDT|Plaza Court 2/3
Session Chair:
Steve Bajorek
Alternate Chair:
Taiyang Zhang
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Development of Ultrasonic Imaging for Nonintrusive Flow Measurements
1:15–1:35PM MDT
Daniel Orea (ORNL), Thien Nguyen (US DOE, Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Hongbin Sun (ORNL)
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Experiment on Bubbles Rising through a Shallow Pool under Artificial Gravity
1:35–1:55PM MDT
Grant Switzer (Ohio State), Taiyang Zhang (Ohio State)
Liquid Film Thickness in Narrow Rectangular Channels for High Gas Flows
1:55–2:15PM MDT
Akshay K. Khandelwal (Purdue Univ.), Charie A. Tsoukalas (Purdue Univ.), Yang Zhao (ANL), Mamoru Ishii (Purdue Univ.)
High-Temperature FLiNaK Droplet Impact and Rebound Behavior on Solid Surfaces for Molten Salt Reactor Safety
2:15–2:35PM MDT
Yuqi Liu (Univ. New Mexico), Minghui Chen (Univ. New Mexico)
Scaled Gas Sparging Experiments Investigating Bubble Dynamics and Mass Transfer Phenomena in Molten Salt Systems
2:35–2:55PM MDT
Andrew Hutsell (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Ryan P. McGuire (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Ethan M. Villarreal (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)