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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
Monday, August 21, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Columbia 11/12
Session Chair:
Jack Buchanan (UNNPP)
Alternate Chair:
Ed Komen (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group)
Session Organizer:
Igor A. Bolotnov
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CFD Evaluation of Spacer Induced Droplet Deposition in BWR Subchannels
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Chao Wang (Framatome), Steven Anderson (Framatome), Markus Rehm (Framatome), Olga Dutkiewicz (Framatome), Elmar Rieder (Framatome), Lukas Robers (Axpo Power AG)
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Numerical Simulation of Corium Flow Through Rod Bundle and/or Debris Bed Geometries with a Model Based on Lattice Boltzmann Method
3:50–4:10PM EDT
J. Garcia Sarmiento (IRSN), F. Fichot (IRSN), V. Topin (IRSN), P. Sagaut (Aix-Marseille Univ.)
Prediction of the Flow Patterns in a Steam Generator Tube Bundle Configuration with All-Flow-Regime CFD Models
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Marco Colombo (Univ. Sheffield), Daniele Vivaldi (IRSN), Jean Baccou (IRSN)
Numerical Investigation of Two-Phase Flow in a 3 x 3 Rod Bundle with Spacer Grid
4:30–4:50PM EDT
S. Taş (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), Y. Liao (Helmholtz Zentrum-Dresden Rossendorf), U. Hampel (Helmholtz Zentrum-Dresden Rossendorf)
Development of Solids Transport Model for Fuel Dispersal Studies
4:50–5:10PM EDT
Avinash Moharana (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Shanbin Shi (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
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