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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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BREAKING NEWS: Trump issues executive orders to overhaul nuclear industry
The Trump administration issued four executive orders today aimed at boosting domestic nuclear deployment ahead of significant growth in projected energy demand in the coming decades.
During a live signing in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump called nuclear “a hot industry,” adding, “It’s a brilliant industry. [But] you’ve got to do it right. It’s become very safe and environmental.”
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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