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November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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DNFSB’s Summers ends board tenure, extending agency’s loss of quorum
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The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, the independent agency responsible for ensuring that Department of Energy facilities are protective of public health and safety, announced that the board’s acting chairman, Thomas Summers, has concluded his service with the agency, having completed his second term as a board member on October 18.
Summers’ departure leaves Patricia Lee, who joined the DNFSB after being confirmed by the Senate in July 2024, as the board’s only remaining member and acting chair. Lee’s DNFSB board term ends in October 2027.
Technical Session|Fundamental Thermal Hydraulics
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT|Columbia 2
Session Chair:
Jean-Marie Le Corre (Westinghouse)
Session Organizer:
Bao-Wen Yang (DEDQ)
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The Effect of Data Split on Correlation Errors with Respect to Independent Validation Data
10:45–11:05AM EDT
Kanghoon Kim (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Boemjun Jang (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel)
Paper
Investigation of the DNBR Criteria Application for NPP Safety Studies
11:05–11:25AM EDT
Attila Guba (Centre for Energy Research), Áron Hegedüs (Centre for Energy Research)
SMR Rod Bundle CHF-Characteristics and Challenges in Experimental Investigation
11:25–11:45AM EDT
Bao-Wen Yang (Delta Energy Group), Aiguo Liu (Delta Energy Group), Bin Han (Delta Energy Group)
DNB Prediction for a Subcooled Flow Boiling in a Rolling Pipe Using CFD
11:45AM–12:05PM EDT
Nam kyu Ryu (Chungnam Nat'l Univ.), Byoung jae Kim (Chungnam Nat'l Univ.)
Low Pressure Low Flow Rod Bundle CHF and its Challenges in SMR
12:05–12:25PM EDT
Bao-Wen Yang (DEQD), Bin Han (Southeast Univ.), Aiguo Liu (DEQD)
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