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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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PR: American Nuclear Society welcomes Senate confirmation of Ted Garrish as the DOE’s nuclear energy secretary
Washington, D.C. — The American Nuclear Society (ANS) applauds the U.S. Senate's confirmation of Theodore “Ted” Garrish as Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
“On behalf of over 11,000 professionals in the fields of nuclear science and technology, the American Nuclear Society congratulates Mr. Garrish on being confirmed by the Senate to once again lead the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy,” said ANS President H.M. "Hash" Hashemian.
Technical Session|Water-Cooled Reactor Operations and Accident Analysis
Monday, August 21, 2023|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Columbia 3/4
Session Chair:
Caleb Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Alternate Chair:
Hyun Sik Park
Session Organizer:
Cesare Frepoli
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BWRX-300 Chimney Evaluations (1): Conceptual Design of the Chimney
1:30–1:50PM EDT
Charles Heck (Global Nuclear Fuel), Scott Bowman (Global Nuclear Fuel), Kazuaki Kito (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy)
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Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — presentation paper #40308
BWRX-300 SMR Chimney Evaluations (2): Strategy for Qualifying TRACG Evaluations of Chimney Void Fractions
1:50–2:10PM EDT
A. Povolny (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), K. Katono (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), C. Heck (Global Nuclear Fuel), Z. Zhang (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
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BWRX-300 SMR Chimney Evaluations (3): HUSTLE Testing in Large Diameter Chimney at Nominal Pressure and Temperature
2:10–2:30PM EDT
Kenichi Katono (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Antonin Povolny (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Hajime Furuichi (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Kiyoshi Fujimoto (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Kenichi Yasuda (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Kazuaki Kito (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy)
BWRX-300 SMR Chimney Evaluations (4): Measurement of Void Fraction and Velocity Distributions in Large Diameter Chimney at Nominal Pressure and Temperature Using Double-Plane Wire-Mesh Sensor
2:30–2:50PM EDT
Hajime Furuichi (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Antonin Povolny (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Kenichi Katono (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Kenichi Yasuda (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Kazuaki Kito (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy)
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Feasibility Analysis of Flooding Safety System of i-SMR with MELCOR Code
2:50–3:10PM EDT
Chang Hyun Song (Hanyang Univ.), Jae Hyung Park (Hanyang Univ.), Sung Joong Kim (Hanyang Univ.)
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