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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
Standards Program
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High temperature fission chambers engineered for AMR/SMR safety and performance
As the global energy landscape shifts towards safer, smaller, and more flexible nuclear power, Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and Gen. IV* technologies are at the forefront of innovation. These advanced designs pose new challenges in size, efficiency, and operating environment that traditional instrumentation and control solutions aren’t always designed to handle.
Technical Session|Severe Accidents
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT|Fairchild East/West
Session Chair:
Florian Fichot (IRSN)
Alternate Chair:
Jeremy Bittan
Session Organizer:
Fulvio Mascari
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Coolability of a Corium Pool in a Debris Bed -- Impact of Debris Size, Steam and Liquid Flowrate, Tilting Angle and Pressure on Critical Heat Flux (CHF)
10:45–11:05AM EDT
C. Sartoris (IRSN), T. Garcin (IRSN), F. Fichot (IRSN)
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