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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
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India’s PFBR attains criticality at last
Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed it “a proud moment for India” when on April 6 the 500-MWe, sodium-cooled Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achieved initial criticality. This milestone, which comes some 22 years after the continually delayed PFBR project began, marks India’s entrance into the second stage of its three-stage nuclear program, which has the ultimate goal of supporting the country’s nuclear power program with its significant thorium reserves.
Technical Session|Computational Thermal Hydraulics
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Columbia 11/12
Session Chair:
Matthew D. Zimmer
Alternate Chair:
Sofiane Benhamadouche
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Quantifying HFIR Turbulence by Variable Curvature Channels
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Nicholas J. Mecham (NCSU), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU), Emilian L. Popov (ORNL)
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Direct Numerical Simulation of Flow in a Confined Differentially Heated Cavity at Low Prandtl Numbers
3:50–4:10PM EDT
J. Oder (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics), M. Alsailani (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics), L. Koloszar (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics), W. Munters (von Karman Institute of Fluid Dynamics), D. Laboureur (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics), J. Pacio (SCK CEN)
Direct Numerical Simulation of Low and Unitary Prandtl Number Fluids in a Simultaneously Cooled Vertical Channel
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Cheng-Kai Tai (NCSU), Tri Nguyen (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)
High Fidelity Simulation of the Light-to-Dense Stratification Transient in the HiRJET Facility
4:30–4:50PM EDT
Cheng-Kai Tai (NCSU), Haomin Yuan (ANL), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)
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