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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Argonne updates: Fuel research and materials lab
Over the past two weeks, Argonne National Laboratory has announced numerous significant advancements being made by its staff to push forward nuclear fuels and materials research. Those announcements include the opening of the new Activated Materials Lab, the development of a new measurement technique, and the application of new artificial intelligence tools.
Technical Session|Fission Surface Power/Nuclear Electric Propulsion
Wednesday, May 8, 2024|3:15–4:55PM MDT|Sweeney B
Session Chair:
Mikaela Blood (Lockheed Martin)
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RANS-CFD Simulation of Cryogenic Tank Depressurization by Jet Induced Mixing
3:15–3:40PM MDT
Eymon Lan (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Shanbin Shi (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
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Tolerance Stacks in the Methods, Solvers and User Applications of Analytical Techniques for Small Reactors
3:40–4:05PM MDT
Herschel P. Smith (BWX Technologies, Inc.)
Monte Carlo-Based Shield Mass Modeling for a Reference NEP Reactor
4:05–4:30PM MDT
Alexander Foutch (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Reed Herner (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Corey Smith (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.)
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