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2022 ANS Annual Meeting
June 12–16, 2022
Anaheim, CA|Anaheim Hilton
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Cost drivers of nuclear steam cycle construction
Interest in reducing carbon emissions around the world continues to climb. As a complement to the increasing deployment of variably generating renewables, advanced nuclear is commonly shown in net-zero grid modeling for 2050 because it represents firm electricity production that can flex in output with load demands.1 However, these projections are challenged by the high levelized cost of electricity associated with legacy nuclear construction, which is often more than double that of modern combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plants.
12th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2021)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|11:00AM–12:45PM (12:00–1:45PM EDT)
Session Chair:
Josh Daw (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Fan Zhang (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Jamie B. Coble (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
Staff Producer:
Janet Davis (ANS)
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Dynamic Response Characterization of Temperature Sensors for Small Modular Reactors
A. H. Hashemian (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), E. T. Riggsbee (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), S. N. Tyler (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), B. Arnholt (NuScale Power), N. Cetiner (ORNL)
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Development and Testing of High Temperature Fiber Optic Sensors for Measurement of Heat Pipe Temperature in the eVinci™ Micro Reactor
Thomas Tweedle (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Yuqi Li (Univ. of Pittsburgh), Kevin Chen (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
Microwave Resonant Cavity-Based Flow Sensor for Advanced Reactor High Temperature Fluids
Alexander Heifetz (ANL), Victoria Ankel (ANL), Dmitry Shribak (ANL), Sasan Bakhtiari (ANL), Anthonie Cilliers (Kairos Power)
Design, Fabrication, Installation and Operation of the In-Core Instrumentation for EPR Reactors
Patrick Weidenauer (Framatome), Heiko Jasper (Framatome)
The Transient Thermal Response of a Pressure-Driven Fabry-Pérot Cavity
Daniel C. Sweeney (ORNL), Adrian M. Schrell (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL)
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