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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
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NRC proposes rule changes in response to EO
In April, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14270, “Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting To Unleash American Energy,” which calls for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (along with the Department of Energy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Environmental Protection Agency) to issue a “sunset rule” to effectively nullify certain regulations in no more than five years.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Monday, June 12, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EDT|Marriott 2
Session Chair:
Dillon R. Shaver (ANL)
Alternate Chair:
Haomin Yuan (ANL)
Session Organizer:
Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)
This session will conclude with a brief THD Awards Ceremony. Two awards for excellence in reviewing papers/summaries and a best paper award will be presented.
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Numerical Investigations of the Single-Phase Flow Characteristics in U-Bends
3:15–3:35PM EDT
Zhengting Quan (Purdue), Adam Dix (Purdue), David Kang (Purdue), Drew Ryan (Purdue), Seungjin Kim (Purdue)
Paper
Simulating Waste Glass Melters with the Spectral Element Method
3:35–3:55PM EDT
Alexander W. Abboud (INL), Donna P. Guillen (INL)
Improving Multiphase CFD Closure Models for Horizontal Bubbly Two-Phase Flow
3:55–4:15PM EDT
Drew Ryan (Fluor Marine Propulsion Corp.), Adam Dix (Purdue), John R. Buchanan Jr. (Fluor Marine Propulsion Corp.), Seungjin Kim (Purdue)
VOF Computation of Bubble Behavior in a Horizontal Pipe
4:15–4:35PM EDT
Caleb Thompson (Penn State), Michael Riley (Penn State)
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Simulating Wire-Wrapped Fuel Assembly Blockages in CFD
4:35–4:55PM EDT
F. Roelofs (NRG), A. Mathur (NRG), H. Uitslag-Doolaard (NRG)
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