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May 31–June 3, 2026
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NS Savannah soon open to the public
The world’s first nuclear-powered merchant ship, the NS Savannah, will have a public site visit in Baltimore, Md., on Saturday, February 21.
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Technical Session|Experimental Thermal Hydraulics
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Columbia 1
Session Chair:
Jean-Marie Le Corre
Alternate Chair:
Yue Jin
Session Organizer:
Xiaodong Sun
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Reflood Thermal-Hydraulics Testing Using the NRC-PSU Rod Bundle Heat Transfer (RBHT) Test Facility
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Brian R. Lowery (Penn State), Molly K. Hanson (Penn State), Grant R. Garrett (Penn State), Douglas J. Miller (Penn State), Turki Almudhhi (Penn State), Fan-Bill Cheung (Penn State), Stephen M. Bajorek (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Kirk Tien (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Chris L. Hoxie (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
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Towards a Better Understanding of Reflood Thermal-Hydraulics: A Summary of the OECD/NEA RBHT Project
3:50–4:10PM EDT
Stephen M. Bajorek (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Brian Lowery (Penn State), Fan-Bill Cheung (Penn State), Alessandro Del Ferraro (NINE), Marco Cherubini (NINE), Alessandro Petruzzi (NINE), Jinzhao Zhang (Tractebel Engineering), Martina Adorni (OECD/NEA)
METERO-V and PRIUS Experimental Programs: Complementary Separate Effects Tests for Core Mixing Validation
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Philippe Fillion (CEA), Seok Kim (KAERI), Clément Melin (CEA), Gilles Bernard-Michel (CEA), Benjamin Cariteau (CEA), Kyoung-Ho Kang (KAERI)
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