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Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Waste Management 2024: The symposia at 50
This year marked the 50th anniversary of Waste Management Symposia’s Waste Management Conference, held March 10–14 in Phoenix, Ariz. The event has grown significantly since the first Waste Management Conference in 1974, which attracted about 200 attendees. This year’s conference saw a record attendance of around 3,300 people from more than 20 different countries and boasted 235 technical sessions and 89 exhibitors.
Technical Session|Experimental Thermal Hydraulics
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|9:00–10:20AM EDT|Embassy
Session Chair:
Sunming Qin (INL)
Alternate Chair:
W. David Pointer (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Xiaodong Sun
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Primary Coolant Apparatus Test (PCAT): An Experimental Facility for MARVEL Microreactor
9:00–9:20AM EDT
C. Parisi (INL), S. Yoon (INL), C. Baily (INL), B. Grover (INL), Y. Arafat (INL), S.J. Kim (LANL)
Paper
Scaling Analysis of a Separate Effects Test Facility for Thermal Performance Investigations of Heat Transfer Enhancements for Molten Salt Applications
9:20–9:40AM EDT
Connor F. Donlan (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Arturo Cabral (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Multi-Physics Safety Assessment of Core Thermal-Hydraulics Under Loss-of-Coolant Accident and Reactivity Initiated Accident
9:40–10:00AM EDT
Sang-Ki Moon (KAERI), Jongrok Kim (KAERI), Yong-Seok Choi (KAERI), Jae Bong Lee (KAERI), Kihwan Kim (KAERI), Byong Guk Jeon (KAERI), Seok Kim (KAERI), Hyun-Sik Park (KAERI)
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