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June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Nominations open for CNTA awards
Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness is accepting nominations for its Fred C. Davison Distinguished Scientist Award and its Nuclear Service Award. Nominations for both awards must be submitted by August 1.
The awards will be presented this fall as part of the CNTA’s annual Edward Teller Lecture event.
Technical Session|Computational Fluid Dynamics and Thermal Hydraulics
Wednesday, April 30, 2025|1:00–2:40PM MDT|Horace Tabor
Session Chair:
Mauricio Tano (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Guillaume Giudicelli (INL)
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A Direct Forcing Immersed Boundary Technique Developed in the NekRS Spectral Element CFD Solver
1:00–1:25PM MDT
Aya Hegazy (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), April Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Rizwan Uddin (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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Thermal Feedback Models for Microreactor Core Simulations
1:25–1:50PM MDT
Benjamin Collins (Veracity Nuclear), Micah Best (Veracity Nuclear), Aaron Graham (Veracity Nuclear)
Analysis of Fluid Flow Benchmarks for Single-Phase Liquids Using SyTH
1:50–2:15PM MDT
Austin Skiba (Univ. Texas, Austin), Nicholas Herring (Univ. Texas, Austin), Caleb Miller (Univ. Texas, Austin), Benjamin Collins (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Implementation and Analysis of Delayed Neutron and Decay Heat Precursor Transport in the SyTH Model for Molten Salt Reactor Applications
2:15–2:40PM MDT
Braden Pecora (Univ. Texas, Austin), Benjamin S. Collins (Univ. Texas, Austin), Cole Gentry (Univ. Texas, Austin), Nicholas Herring (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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