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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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ADP on track to complete major D&D work at Crystal River-3 this summer
Advanced Decommissioning Partners, a joint venture of NorthStar Group Services and Orano USA, is set to complete major decommissioning activities at Crystal River-3 nuclear power plant in Florida this summer, according to the license termination plan (LTP) the company submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Technical Session|Thermal Hydraulics (THD)
Tuesday, June 2, 2026|3:15–5:00PM MDT|Plaza Court 2/3
Session Chair:
Izabela Gutowska (Oregon State)
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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.)
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