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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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The progress so far: An update on the Reactor Pilot Program
It has been about three months since the Department of Energy named 10 companies for its new Reactor Pilot Program, which maps out how the DOE would meet the goal announced by executive order in May of having three reactors achieve criticality by July 4, 2026.
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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