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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC approves TerraPower construction permit
Today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it has approved TerraPower’s construction permit application for Kemmerer Unit 1, the company’s first deployment of Natrium, its flagship sodium fast reactor.
This approval is a significant milestone on three fronts. For TerraPower, it represents another step forward in demonstrating its technology. For the Department of Energy, it reflects progress (despite delays) for the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). For the NRC, it is the first approval granted to a commercial reactor in nearly a decade—and the first approval of a commercial non–light water reactor in more than 40 years.
Technical Session|Fundamental Thermal Hydraulics
Monday, August 21, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Columbia 2
Session Chair:
Antonio Cammi
Alternate Chair:
Philippe Planquart
Session Organizer:
Philippe M. Bardet
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Two Scale Two-Flux Model for Density Wave and Slug Flow Instabilities
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Alejandro Clausse (Purdue), Alexander Lopez-de-Bertodano (Univ. Chicago), Martin Lopez-de-Bertodano (Purdue)
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Gas Ingress During Side Vessel Break: Experiments and Numerical Simulations with a Simplified Pool-Type Scaled Water Model
3:50–4:10PM EDT
M. Faruoli (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics), M. Delsipee (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics), Ph. Planquart (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics), G. Scheveneels (SCK CEN), B. Yamaji (SCK CEN)
Vapor Pressure and Temperature Analyses on a Gravity-Assisted Wrapped Screen Wick Annular Heat Pipe
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Daniel Orea (TAMU), N.K. Anand (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)
Experimental Investigation of Two-Phase Pressure Drop and Flow Regime Visualization in Chevron-Type Plate Heat Exchangers
4:30–4:50PM EDT
Stefano Passoni (Politecnico di Milano), Riccardo Mereu (Politecnico di Milano), Stefano Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano), Fabio Inzoli (Politecnico di Milano), Marco Enrico Ricotti (Politecnico Di Milano)
Study on the Effect of Length to Diameter Ratio on Critical Flow Based on RELAP5/MOD3.3 Simulations
4:50–5:10PM EDT
Wenda Liu (North China Univ. Electric Power), Xinguo Yu (North China Univ. Electric Power)
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