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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|Computational Thermal Hydraulics
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Columbia 9/10
Session Chair:
Joseph Cambareri (UNNPP)
Alternate Chair:
James Vulcanoff (VCU)
Session Organizer:
Igor A. Bolotnov
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Large-Scale Multiphysics Simulations of Small Modular Reactors Operating in Natural Circulation
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Jun Fang (ANL), Dillon Shaver (ANL), Paul Romano (ANL), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
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Thermal Hydraulic Analysis of a SFR Fuel Assembly with Cladding Oval-Distortion Using CFD
3:50–4:10PM EDT
Yaodi Li (North China Electric Power Univ.), Mei Huang (North China Electric Power Univ.), Boxue Wang (North China Electric Power Univ.)
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Heat Transfer Enhancement of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide and Liquid Lead Bismuth Eutectic Compact Heat Exchanger
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Shuhan Liu (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Ji'an Liu (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Qingjiang Liu (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Xianliang Lei (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.)
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