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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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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Ukrainian nuclear innovator competition winners announced
For the second consecutive year, the Ukrainian Nuclear Society (UkrNS) held its Nuclear Innovators competition, was organized in partnership with ANS and other leading institutions in the nuclear sector worldwide. The two winners were announced on May 7.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Nuclear Fuel Cycles
Wednesday, December 13, 2023|10:00–11:40AM CST|Galerie 6
Session Chair:
Adam Burak (Univ. Michigan)
Alternate Chair:
Sarah C. Finkeldei (Univ. California, Irvine)
Track Organizers:
Jie Lian (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Yong Yang (Univ. Florida)
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High Temperature Structures, Oxidation, and Thermodynamics of Uranium Nitride and Uranium Carbide
10:00–10:40AM CST
Xiaofeng Guo (Washington State), Vitaliy Goncharov (Washington State), Juejing Liu (Washington State), Arjen van Veelen (LANL), Emma Carlsen (Washington State), Sam Karcher (Washington State), John McCloy (Washington State), Hongwu Xu (LANL), Joshua White (LANL)
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Irradiation-Enhanced Diffusion in Advanced Ceramic Nuclear Fuels
10:40–11:20AM CST
M.W.D. Cooper (LANL), A. Schneider (LANL), C. Matthews (LANL), V. Kocevski (LANL), J. Rizk (LANL), D.A. Andersson (LANL)
Contact Angle of Molten Fluoride Salts on Graphite: A Parametric Study
11:20–11:40AM CST
L. Vergari (Univ. California, Berkeley), Z. Falkowski (Univ. California, Berkeley), M. Dennis (Univ. California, Berkeley), R. O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley)
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