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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC approves TerraPower construction permit
Today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it has approved TerraPower’s construction permit application for Kemmerer Unit 1, the company’s first deployment of Natrium, its flagship sodium fast reactor.
This approval is a significant milestone on three fronts. For TerraPower, it represents another step forward in demonstrating its technology. For the Department of Energy, it reflects progress (despite delays) for the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). For the NRC, it is the first approval granted to a commercial reactor in nearly a decade—and the first approval of a commercial non–light water reactor in more than 40 years.
Technical Session|Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|9:00–10:20AM EDT|Embassy
Session Chair:
Joshua Kaizer (USNRC)
Session Organizers:
Jinzhao Zhang (Tractebel)
Alternate Chair:
W. David Pointer (ORNL)
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Validation on SBLOCA Experiment of the ACME Test Facility Using the ATHLET Code
9:00–9:20AM EDT
Liancheng Guo (GRS), Thorsten Hollands (GRS), Henrique Austregesilo (GRS)
Presented by Sebastian Buchholz (GRS)
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Assessment of the CATHARE Code over SUPERCLAUDIA Tests for a Jet in a Liquid Water Pool
9:20–9:40AM EDT
Angela Oliva (CEA), Sofia Carnevali (CEA), Franck Morin (CEA), Stephane Mimouni (EDF)
Simulation of Oscillatory Flow Induced by Flashing Instability Using the ASYST System Analysis Code
9:40–10:00AM EDT
Taiyang Zhang (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Caleb S. Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Validation Against a Small Break LOCA Scenario on ACME Test Facility: Summary of the ISP-51 Open Phase
10:00–10:20AM EDT
Xueyan Zhang (Huazhong Univ. Science and Technology), Shiqi Wang (Huazhong Univ. Science and Technology), Cuiting Peng (Huazhong Univ. Science and Technology), Yuhang Huang (Huazhong Univ. Science and Technology), Zhipeng Luo (Huazhong Univ. Science and Technology), Lin Li (Huazhong Univ. Science and Technology), Yixuan Zhang (Huazhong Univ. Science and Technology), Chengcheng Deng (Huazhong Univ. Science and Technology), Jun Yang (Huazhong Univ. Science and Technology)
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