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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Neely Nuclear Research Center named a nuclear historic landmark
The American Nuclear Society recently announced the designation of three new nuclear historic landmarks: the Hot Fuel Examination Facility, the Neely Nuclear Research Center, and the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Today’s article, the second in a three-part series, will focus on the historical significance of the Neely Nuclear Research Center.
Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Redondo
Session Chair:
Minghui Chen
Alternate Chair:
Qiuping Lv
Session Organizer:
W. David Pointer
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Modeling of a Nitrate Salt Natural Circulation Loop
Sheng Zhang (Univ. Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan)
Paper
Numerical Methodology for Design and Evaluation of Natural Circulation Systems for MSR Applications
J.S. Narváez Arrúa (Politecnico di Milano), A. Cammi (Politecnico di Milano), S. Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano), P.R. Rubiolo (Univ. Grenoble Alpes)
Determination of Aspect Ratio Influence on Flow and Heat Transfer Behavior in Twisted Elliptical Tubes for Molten Salt Applications
S. Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Dillon R. Shaver (ANL)
Numerical Investigation of Cartridge Heater Performance Applied to the FASTR Main Heater for Molten Chloride Salts
Nolan Goth (ORNL), Thien Nguyen (ORNL), Kevin Robb (ORNL), Ethan Kappes (ORNL)
Investigating Thermal Hydraulics Performance of a New Test Section Designed for the LSTL FLiNaK Using CFD
Ethan Kappes (ORNL), Thien Duy Nguyen (ORNL), Kevin Robb (ORNL)
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