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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|Computational Thermal Hydraulics
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Columbia 9/10
Session Chair:
Marco Colombo
Alternate Chair:
Theodore Chu (VCU)
Session Organizer:
Igor A. Bolotnov
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A Turbulence Model Sensitivity Analysis on the Hydraulic Behavior in the Inlet Plenum of the Proposed NIST Neutron Source Design
1:30–1:50PM EDT
Abdullah G. Weiss (National Institute of Standards and Technology), Joy S. Shen (National Institute of Standards and Technology), Anil Gurgen (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
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Development and Validation of Pattern Recognition Algorithm and Suppression Pool Flow Modelling
1:50–2:10PM EDT
Giteshkumar Patel (LUT Univ.), Markku Puustinen (LUT Univ.), Juhani Hyvärinen (LUT Univ.), Elina Hujala (Université de Fribourg), Vesa Tanskanen (Stressfield Oy)
Presented by Lauri Pyy (LUT Univ.)
Parametric Analysis of Flame Acceleration and Quenching Simulation with flameFoam
2:10–2:30PM EDT
M. Povilaitis (Lithuania Energy Institute), J. Venckus (Lithuanian Energy Institute)
Analysis of the Anisotropic Term in the Implicit Algebraic Heat Flux Model in the Case of Low Prandtl Flow in Planar Impinging Jet Case
2:30–2:50PM EDT
J. Oder (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics), A. Coëpeau (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics), L. Koloszar (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics), D. Laboureur (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics), S. Keijers (SCK CEN)
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