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Thermal Hydraulics
The division provides a forum for focused technical dialogue on thermal hydraulic technology in the nuclear industry. Specifically, this will include heat transfer and fluid mechanics involved in the utilization of nuclear energy. It is intended to attract the highest quality of theoretical and experimental work to ANS, including research on basic phenomena and application to nuclear system design.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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EnergySolutions to help explore advanced reactor development in Utah
Utah-based waste management company EnergySolutions announced that it has signed a memorandum of understating with the Intermountain Power Agency and the state of Utah to explore the development of advanced nuclear power generation at the Intermountain Power Project (IPP) site near Delta, Utah.
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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