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Phoenix, AZ|Arizona Grand Resort & Spa
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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
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Embassy
Session Chair:
Guanyi Wang (ANL)
Session Organizer:
Xiaodong Sun
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Development of a High-Prandtl Number Heat Transfer Correlation in the Near-Wall Region of a Pebble Bed
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Sade Campos (Kairos Power), Griffen Latimer (Kairos Power), Seth Cadell (Kairos Power)
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Development of an Integral Effects Test Facility for the Kairos Power Fluoride High-Temperature Reactor
3:50–4:10PM EDT
Griffen Latimer (Kairos Power), Floren Rubio (Kairos Power), Seth Cadell (Kairos Power), Craig Gerardi (Kairos Power), David Sprinkle (Kairos Power), Eric Johnson (Kairos Power), Keith Johnson (Kairos Power)
Experimental Investigation of the Effect of RCIC Steam Exhaust Line Design on Suppression Pool Thermal Stratification
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Kenneth Fossum (TAMU), Dallin Keesling (TAMU), Johnathan Smalley (TAMU), Karen Vierow Kirkland (TAMU)