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Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls
Improving task performance, system reliability, system and personnel safety, efficiency, and effectiveness are the division's main objectives. Its major areas of interest include task design, procedures, training, instrument and control layout and placement, stress control, anthropometrics, psychological input, and motivation.
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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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Taking shape: Fusion energy ecosystems built with public-private partnerships
It’s possible to describe fusion in simple terms: heat and squeeze small atoms to get abundant clean energy. But there’s nothing simple about getting fusion ready for the grid.
Private developers, national lab and university researchers, suppliers, and end users working toward that goal are developing a range of complex technologies to reach fusion temperatures and pressures, confounded by science and technology gaps linked to plasma behavior; materials, diagnostics, and electronics for extreme environments; fuel cycle sustainability; and economics.
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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