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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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NRC nominee Nieh commits to independent safety mission
During a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing today, Ho Nieh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as a commissioner at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, was urged to maintain the agency’s independence regardless of political pressure from the Trump administration.
Technical Session|Severe Accidents
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|9:00–10:20AM EDT|Fairchild East/West
Session Chair:
Jeremy Bittan
Alternate Chair:
Fabio Giannetti
Session Organizer:
Fulvio Mascari
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Three-Phase Flow Simulation of Debris Bed Self-Leveling in case of SFR Severe Accident
9:00–9:20AM EDT
Cyriaque Treol (CEA), Rémi Clavier (CEA), Nathalie Seiler (CEA), Benoit Goyeau (Ecole Centrale-Supelec)
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New Correlations for Focusing Effect Evaluation of the Light Metal Layer in the Lower Head of a Nuclear Reactor in Case of Severe Accident
9:20–9:40AM EDT
F. Rein (IRSN), F. Fichot (IRSN), L. Carénini (IRSN), M. Le Bars (Aix Marseille Univ.), B. Favier (Aix Marseille Univ.)
Investigation of Reynolds Stress Models for RANS of Natural Convection of a Corium Pool for in-Vessel Retention
9:40–10:00AM EDT
D. Dovizio (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group)
Presented by Ed Komen (NRG)
Dryout Modeling Based on Interfacial Shear Stress of Gas-Liquid Flow
10:00–10:20AM EDT
Cheng Peng (Shanghai Univ. Electric Power), Helin Chen (Shanghai Univ. Electric Power), Dong Li (Shanghai Univ. Electric Power)
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