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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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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)
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