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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Join ANS for a webinar on exploring background radiation
The American Nuclear Society, in partnership with the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy, is hosting its next Educator Training event, “K-12 Classroom Investigations: Exploring Background Radiation,” this Thursday, May 16, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. (EDT).
Register now. The event is complimentary and open to all.
Technical Session|Experimental Thermal Hydraulics
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|9:00–10:20AM EDT|Gunston East/West
Session Chair:
Quiping Lv (ANL)
Session Organizer:
Xiaodong Sun
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Design of a High-Temperature Shaft Seal Test Facility for Molten Salt Pumps
9:00–9:20AM EDT
Shuai Che (Univ. Michigan), Adam Burak (Univ. Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan), Yuqi Liu (Univ. New Mexico), Minghui Chen (Univ. New Mexico)
Paper
Experimental PIV Measurements in a Randomly Packed Non-Isothermal Pebble Bed Core Prototype
9:20–9:40AM EDT
Abdulaziz Almathami (TAMU), Blake R. Maher (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)
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