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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Remembering ANS member Gil Brown
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The nuclear community is mourning the loss of Gilbert Brown, who passed away on July 11 at the age of 77 following a battle with cancer.
Brown, an American Nuclear Society Fellow and an ANS member for nearly 50 years, joined the faculty at Lowell Technological Institute—now the University of Massachusetts–Lowell—in 1973 and remained there for the rest of his career. He eventually became director of the UMass Lowell nuclear engineering program. After his retirement, he remained an emeritus professor at the university.
Sukesh Aghara, chair of the Nuclear Engineering Department Heads Organization, noted in an email to NEDHO members and others that “Gil was a relentless advocate for nuclear energy and a deeply respected member of our professional community. He was also a kind and generous friend—and one of the reasons I ended up at UMass Lowell. He served the university with great dedication. . . . Within NEDHO, Gil was a steady presence and served for many years as our treasurer. His contributions to nuclear engineering education and to this community will be dearly missed.”
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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