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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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In an international industry, regulators cross the border too
Since nuclear physics works the same in Ontario as it does in Tennessee, the industry has been trying to create a reactor that can be deployed on both sides of the border. Now, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission have decided that some of their rulings can cross the border too.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Tuesday, June 13, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EDT|Marriott 2
Session Chair:
Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)
Alternate Chair:
Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Session Organizer:
Wade R. Marcum
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Impacts of Primary Heat Exchanger Design on Heat Pipe Microreactor Power Conversion (revised September 2023)
10:00–10:20AM EDT
Curtis Foster (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ian Jentz (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Gregory F. Nellis (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mark Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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Preliminary Evaluation of Thermal Performance for Spent Fuel Pool Passive Cooling System with Thermosyphon and Water Jacket
10:20–10:40AM EDT
Min Suk Lee (KAIST), Sanghoon Lee (KAIST), Wooseong Park (KAIST), Yong Hoon Jeong (KAIST)
Numerical Study of Fission Particle Transport in Ventilation Ducts in Nonreactor Nuclear Facilities: Case Study of Circular and Square Ducts with T-Junctions
10:40–11:00AM EDT
Thien Nguyen (ORNL), William McCarter (ORNL), Scott Nelson (ORNL), Joanna McFarlane (ORNL)
Graphite Dust Facilitated FP Transport Investigation for Improvement of Deposition Models
11:00–11:20AM EDT
R. Chavez (TAMU), M. Stephenson (TAMU), N.K. Anand (TAMU), Y.A. Hassan (TAMU), Mitchell Stephenson (TAMU)
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