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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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NEA report calls for more accurate data on SNF heat decay
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency has issued a report calling for more-detailed information on tracking the decay heat of spent nuclear fuel from light water reactors. According to the NEA, the report highlights the increasing importance of accurate decay heat estimations due to evolving fuel characteristics, including higher initial fuel enrichment, increased burn-up rates, and extended reactor cycle lengths.
The report, Summary of the NEA Assessment on Spent Nuclear Fuel Decay Heat for Light Water Reactors, summarizes the findings of a subgroup of the NEA’s Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS), which ran from January 2022 to January 2024.
Technical Session|Fundamental Thermal Hydraulics
Monday, August 21, 2023|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Columbia 2
Session Chair:
Philippe Planquart
Alternate Chair:
Antonio Cammi
Session Organizer:
Philippe M. Bardet
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A Comprehensive Measurement of Bubbly Flow in a 30 mm x 10 mm Rectangular Channel
1:30–1:50PM EDT
Dewei Wang (Virginia Tech), Yucheng Fu (Virginia Tech), Hanxing Sun (Virginia Tech), Yang Liu (Virginia Tech), Qingqing Liu (Univ. Michigan), Yang Liu (Univ. Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan), Ted Worosz (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), John Buchanan (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
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A 3-D Imaging System for Bubbly Flow Measurement
1:50–2:10PM EDT
Yucheng Fu (Virginia Tech), Dewei Wang (Virginia Tech), Yang Liu (Virginia Tech), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan), Ted Worosz (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), John Buchanan (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
Experimental Study of Air-Water Two-Phase Flow Threshold Velocities in a Vertical Annular Channel
2:10–2:30PM EDT
A. Biton (Nuclear Research Center Negev), E. Rabinovich (Nuclear Research Center Negev), E. Gilad (Ben Gurion Univ. Negev)
Experimental Study and CFD Simulation of Air-Water Bubbly Flow in a Rectangular Channel
2:30–2:50PM EDT
Qingqing Liu (Univ. Michigan), Yang Liu (Univ. Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan), Dewei Wang (Virginia Tech), Yang Liu (Virginia Tech), John R. Buchanan (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Ted Worosz (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
One-Dimensional Drift Flux Analysis of Bubbly Flows in Horizontal and Inclined-Upward Orientations
2:50–3:10PM EDT
Drew Ryan (Purdue), Seungjin Kim (Purdue)
Presented by Adam Dix (Purdue)
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