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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
Thursday, August 24, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT|Columbia 2
Session Chair:
Roberto Capanna
Alternate Chair:
Philippe M. Bardet
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Natural Convection Heat Transfer with Molten Salt in a Differentially-Heated Cavity
10:45–11:05AM EDT
Noah LeFrancois (McGill Univ.), Jovan Nedic (McGill Univ.), Melanie Tetreault-Friend (Hatch)
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A Study of Laminar-Turbulent Transition in Rod Bundles
11:05–11:25AM EDT
L. C. Aldeia Machado (Penn State), C. Bourdot Dutra (Penn State), S. P. Bistany (Penn State), E. Merzari (Penn State)
Zero-Emission Mobile Carbon Capture Facility Powered By Decay Heat of Nuclear Spent Fuels
11:25–11:45AM EDT
Muyue Li (Univ. Michigan), Zhenyu Fei (Univ. Michigan), Kunzhe Bao (Univ. Michigan), Boren Ke (Univ. Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan), Lumin Wang (Univ. Michigan)
Mechanistic Modeling of Interfacial Area Transport for Vertical Round Pipes over Wide Range of Pipe Diameters
11:45AM–12:05PM EDT
Zhuoran Dang (Univ. Calgary), Mamoru Ishii (Purdue), Yang Zhao (Purdue)
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