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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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NextGen MURR Working Group established in Missouri
The University of Missouri’s Board of Curators has created the NextGen MURR Working Group to serve as a strategic advisory body for the development of the NextGen MURR (University of Missouri Research Reactor).
Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Palos Verdes A/B
Session Chair:
Emilian Popov (ORNL)
Alternate Chairs:
Robert Martin (BWXT)
Session Organizer:
W. David Pointer
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The Effect of Cooling Efficiency on the Startup Characteristic and Performance of the Sodium Heat Pipes for the Special Purpose Reactor with Different Filling Ratio
Pei-Hsun Huang (Univ. Michigan), Taehwan Ahn (Univ. Michigan), Annalisa Manera (Univ. Michigan), Victor Petrov (Univ. Michigan)
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Effects of Operational Conditions on the Geyser Boiling in the Sodium Heat Pipe for the Special Purpose Reactor
Taehwan Ahn (Univ. Michigan), Pei-Hsun Huang (Univ. Michigan), Annalisa Manera (Univ. Michigan), Victor Petrov (Univ. Michigan)
Preliminary Design and Analysis of Free-Piston Stirling Engines
Phat Doan (Univ. New Mexico), Minghui Chen (Univ. New Mexico)
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