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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Reimagining nuclear materials for the future of medicine
Nuclear medicine has come a long way since Henri Becquerel first observed the penetrating energy of radioactive materials in 1896. Today, technetium-99m alone is used in more than 40 million diagnostic procedures every year—from cardiovascular imaging and bone scans to cancer detection—making it the undisputed workhorse of nuclear medicine. That single statistic tells you something important: An enormous portion of modern diagnostic medicine rests on a surprisingly narrow foundation, one built around a small number of aging research reactors that were never originally designed for continuous isotope production.
Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Manhattan
Session Chair:
Elia Merzari
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Yassin A. Hassan
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High-Resolution Experiments on Flow Mixing in the Scaled-Down Upper Plenum of High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors Under Accident Scenario
Jiaxin Mao (Univ. Michigan), Victor Petrov (Univ. Michigan), Annalisa Manera (Univ. Michigan)
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High-Fidelity Simulation of Mixing Phenomena in Large Enclosures
Victor Coppo Leite (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Jiaxin Mao (Univ. Michigan), Victor Petrov (Univ. Michigan), Annalisa Manera (Univ. Michigan)
Data-Driven Hi2Lo for Coarse-Grid System Thermal Hydraulic Modeling
Arsen S. Iskhakov (NCSU), Nam T. Dinh (NCSU), Victor Coppo Leite (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
Large Eddy Simulation of Heat Transfer in a 7 Pin Wire-Wrapped Rod Bundle
Carolina S.B. Dutra (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
Multiscale Analyses of Flow in a 5x5 Rod Bundle: From DNS and Subchannel to Coarse-Mesh CFD
Adam R. Kraus (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)