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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Droughts, wildfires continue to impact power plants in Europe
The effects of this summer’s historic heatwave continue to be felt across Europe. Soaring temperatures and drought in the region have led to elevated river temperatures, low river levels, and wildfires, which have significantly impacted nuclear power plants across the continent.
France’s Electricité de France has reported elevated river temperatures which have forced production cuts, including recent cuts at Golfech, and nuclear power plants in Hungary, Romania, and the United Kingdom, have faced exceptional challenges in recent days.
Technical Session|Thermal Hydraulics (THD)
Tuesday, June 2, 2026|3:15–5:00PM MDT|Plaza Court 2/3
Session Chair:
Kate Borowiec
Alternate Chair:
S. Jun Kim
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Interface Capturing Simulations of a 1/5th Scale BWR Steam Separator
3:15–3:35PM MDT
Taylor E. Grubbs (NCSU), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)
Paper
Validating STAR-CCM+ Lagrangian Multiphase Model for Graphite Dust Deposition in Steady Pipe Flows
3:35–3:55PM MDT
DEZHI DAI (ANL), Adrian Tentner (ANL)
Eigenvalue-Based Hyperbolicity Correction for Two-Fluid Models with AUSM+ Flux
3:55–4:15PM MDT
Yifan Mao, Tomasz Kozlowski (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Effects of Mushy-Zone Modeling and Melt-Through Enhancement in MSFR LiF-ThF4 Freeze Plugs via Composite Walls
4:15–4:35PM MDT
Farooq Ahmad (Missouri S&T), Subash Sharma (Missouri S&T), Shoaib Usman (Tennessee Tech), Tayfun Akyurek (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
Parametric Analysis of MSFR Freeze-Plug Melting with LiF-ThF4 under Decay Heating
4:35–4:55PM MDT
Farooq Ahmad (Missouri S&T), Shoaib Usman (Missouri S&T), Subash Sharma (Missouri S&T), Tayfun Akyurek (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
Modeling Two-Phase Natural Circulation and Void Fraction Characteristics of Seawater
4:55–5:15PM MDT
Qi Heng Law, Hitesh Bindra (Purdue Univ.)