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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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A closer look at the NRC’s reactor licensing revamp
Make no mistake about it: the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s proposed rulemaking on reactor licensing, safety oversight, and siting practices is expansive. When it was unveiled on July 1, NRC officials called it the “most comprehensive modernization of reactor licensing in decades,” one that could save the NRC and the industry as much as $1.86 billion.
“NRC’s regulations have not kept pace with new technologies and our energy needs,” NRC Chairman Ho Nieh said in an announcement. “This proposed rule strips out rigid frameworks and unnecessary conservatism to accelerate the safe deployment of new reactors and expand existing capacity across America.”
Technical Session|Computational Thermal Hydraulics
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT|Columbia 11/12
Session Chair:
David Pointer (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Xingang Zhao (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Igor A. Bolotnov
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Lateral Turbulent Mixing in Narrow Rectangular Channels
10:45–11:05AM EDT
Basar Ozar (ANL), Jeremy R. Licht (ANL), Francesc Puig (ANL), Mohammad Kalimullah (ANL), Aurelien Bergeron (ANL)
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Attachment — Bio for Basar Ozar
New Developments of Subchannel CFD for Mixed Convection in Bare and Wire-Wrapped Rod Bundles Under Supercritical Pressure Conditions
11:05–11:25AM EDT
C. Zhang (Univ. Sheffield), S. He (Univ. Sheffield), B. Liu (Daresbury Laboratory)
Comparative Thermal Performance of Downdraft and Updraft Forced Convection in a Representative 3x3 PWR Fuel Assembly
11:25–11:45AM EDT
Vivek M. Rao (ORNL), Joseph D. Smith (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
CHF Prediction During an RIA with a BISON and THM Coupled Model
11:45AM–12:05PM EDT
L. C. Aldeia Machado (Penn State), E. Merzari (Penn State), W. Walters (Penn State), L. Charlot (INL)
