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Fuel loading process begins at Palisades
The Palisades nuclear power plant has drawn closer to restart, as plant staff began the process of loading fuel into the reactor vessel on Sunday morning.
The commencement of fuel loading places the Covert, Mich., facility in Mode 6—or the refueling stage—under the plant’s technical specifications, plant owner and operator Holtec International said in a news release. The Palisades reactor core consists of 204 fuel assemblies that include new fuel and partially used fuel from the plant’s most recent operating cycles. According to Holtec, the fuel loading is being conducted in accordance with plant procedures and technical specifications.
Technical Session|Experimental Thermal Hydraulics
Monday, August 21, 2023|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Cardozo
Session Chair:
Wade R. Marcum
Alternate Chair:
Guillaume P. Mignot
Session Organizer:
Xiaodong Sun
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Transient Rod Temperature Distribution Measurement Using Optical Fiber Sensor in Rod Bundle at High Pressure and Temperature
1:30–1:50PM EDT
Takahiro Arai (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), Riichiro Okawa (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), Atsushi Ui (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), Masahiro Furuya (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), Tsugumasa Iiyama (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), Shota Ueda (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), Kenetsu Shirakawa (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)
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Experimental Method for Measurement of Density and Viscosity of High Temperature Heat Transfer Fluid
1:50–2:10PM EDT
Jiaqi Chen (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), C. S. Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
RGB Mapping: A Dynamic Approach for Flow Pattern Identification and Classification
2:10–2:30PM EDT
David Kang (Purdue), Drew Ryan (Purdue), Seungjin Kim (Purdue)