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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Kairos Power finalizes contract on HALEU for Hermes
Kairos Power has finalized a contract with the Department of Energy to receive high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) from the agency for the company’s Hermes low-power demonstration reactor, currently under construction in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
In partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory, Kairos intends to use the DOE-provided material to produce HALEU TRISO fuel pebbles for Hermes. The company views the Hermes test reactor and the fuel fabrication program as crucial to the eventual success of its power-producing Hermes 2 demonstration plant, also to be sited in Oak Ridge, and future commercial fluoride salt–cooled high-temperature reactors.
Technical Session|Fundamental Thermal Hydraulics
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|9:00–10:20AM EDT|Columbia 2
Session Chair:
Cesare Frepoli (FPolisolutions)
Alternate Chair:
Edward D. Blandford (Kairos Power)
Session Organizer:
Philippe M. Bardet
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Influence of Reactor Cavity Cooling System Design Parameters on Heat Transfer for a Prototypical gFHR
9:00–9:20AM EDT
Khaled Talaat (Univ. New Mexico), Minghui Chen (Univ. New Mexico)
Paper
Analytical Investigation on Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics in a Natural Circulation Loop for an Integral Type Reactor
9:20–9:40AM EDT
Hyun-Sik Park (KAERI), Hwang Bae (KAERI), Sung-Uk Ryu (KAERI), Sunil Lee (KAERI), Jin-Hwa Yang (KAERI), Byong-Guk Jeon (KAERI), Sung-Jae Yi (KAERI)
1D Modelica Modeling of the DYNASTY-eDYNASTY Coupled Natural Circulation Loops
9:40–10:00AM EDT
G. Benzoni (Politecnico di Milano), C. Introini (Politecnico di Milano), A. Cammi (Politecnico di Milano), S. Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano)
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Natural Circulation Test and Non-Condensable Gas Effect on a Two-Phase Thermosyphon Loop
10:00–10:20AM EDT
Dahoon Jeong (Gyeongsang Nat'l Univ.), Seyeon Hwang (Gyeongsang Nat'l Univ.), Hyewon Kim (Gyeongsang Nat'l Univ.), Hyungmo Kim (Gyeongsang Nat'l Univ.), Dong Eok Kim (Chung-Ang Univ.)
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