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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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IAEA promoting nuclear energy with G20
The International Atomic Energy Agency launched a collaboration with the Group of 20 this week to highlight the key role that nuclear energy can play in achieving energy security and climate-change goals.
The aim of this first-of-its-kind partnership with G20—the world’s largest economic group—is to build momentum for nuclear power. This is the first time the IAEA has presented to G20 on issues relating to nuclear power.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Wednesday, June 14, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EDT|Marriott 2
Session Chair:
Subash Sharma (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell)
Alternate Chair:
Dillon R. Shaver (ANL)
Session Organizer:
Yassin A. Hassan
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A Stochastic Approach to Estimate Fission Product Retention in a Sodium Fast Reactor (SFR)
10:00–10:20AM EDT
Rohan Biwalkar (Pittsburgh Technical), Sola Talabi (Pittsburgh Technical)
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PIV Measurements of Laminar Flow Through Porous Blocked Wire-Wrapped Subchannels
10:20–10:40AM EDT
Trevor Melsheimer (TAMU), Craig Menezes (TAMU), Dalton Pyle (TAMU), Matt Kinsky (TAMU), Yassin Hassan (TAMU), Kim Hansol (TAMU)
Design of a Liquid Sodium Corrosion Testing Facility
10:40–11:00AM EDT
Devin McCormick (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ryder Belgarde (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Tiago A. Moreira (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Paul Brooks (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mark Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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