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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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MARVEL PDSA approval could serve as blueprint
MARVEL, the Microreactor Applications Research Validation and Evaluation project at Idaho National Laboratory, has had its preliminary documented safety analysis approved by the Department of Energy, marking a milestone in its development and serving as a potential outline for other microreactors in development.
Technical Session|Severe Accidents
Thursday, August 24, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT|Fairchild East/West
Session Chair:
Fulvio Mascari
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
David L. Luxat
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Application of Artificial Neural Network to Identify Severe Accident State from Plant Signal Data
10:45–11:05AM EDT
Paul McMinn (Fauske and Assoc.), Nick Karancevic (Fauske and Assoc.), Chan Y. Paik (Fauske and Assoc.), Wei Wei (China Nuclear Power Operation Technology Corp.), Ma Guoyang (China Nuclear Power Operation Technology Corp.)
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Simulating the Power Noise Response due to Voiding in the NBSR During the February 3rd Incident
11:05–11:25AM EDT
Lap-Yan Cheng (Brookhaven), Athi Varuttamaseni (Brookhaven), Peter Kohut (Brookhaven), Anil Gurgen (Nat'l Institute of Standards & Technology), Dagistan Sahin (Nat'l Institute of Standards & Technology), Abdullah G. Weiss (Nat'l Institute of Standards & Technology)
Simulation of QUENCH-06 Experiment by MELCOR v2.2 with Uncertainty Analysis
11:25–11:45AM EDT
M. Garbarini (Politecnico di Milano), G. Agnello (Univ. Palermo), A. Bersano (ENEA), F. Gabrielli (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), L. Luzzi (Politecnico di Milano), F. Mascari (ENEA)
Evaluation of Accident Tolerant Fuel Performance Under Long-Term Station Blackout Conditions
11:45AM–12:05PM EDT
Chris Faucett (Sandia), Bradley Beeny (Sandia), Jesse Phillips (Sandia), Karen Vierow Kirkland (TAMU)
Application of Lower Head Thermal-Mechanical Creep Failure Module in LHF Experiment
12:05–12:25PM EDT
Hao Yang (Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.), Bin Zhang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Pengcheng Gao (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Jianqiang Shan (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.)
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