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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Join ANS for a webinar on exploring background radiation
The American Nuclear Society, in partnership with the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy, is hosting its next Educator Training event, “K-12 Classroom Investigations: Exploring Background Radiation,” this Thursday, May 16, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. (EDT).
Register now. The event is complimentary and open to all.
Technical Session|New and Advanced Reactors
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT|Gunston East/West
Session Chair:
Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Alternate Chair:
Piyush Sabharwall
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Investigation of Hybrid Heat Pipe Shutdown Rod Concept of Microreactor as a Passive Safety System
10:45–11:05AM EDT
Dong Hun Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), In Cheol Bang (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
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Thermal Stress Analysis for Heat Pipe Cooled Microreactor Core Varying Condenser Temperature
11:05–11:25AM EDT
Myung Jin Jeong (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), San Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Jaeuk Im (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Hyoung Kyu Cho (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Experimental Study on the Start-up Characteristics and Performance of a Ten Sodium Heat Pipe Bundle Array
11:25–11:45AM EDT
Pei-Hsun Huang (Univ. Michigan), Taehwan Ahn (Univ. Michigan), Annalisa Manera (Univ. Michigan), Victor Petrov (Univ. Michigan)
Nuclear Spaceship for Interplanetary Cruise Using a Micro Fast Reactor
11:45AM–12:05PM EDT
Tadashi Narabayashi (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Study on Startup Characteristic of a Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycle Coupled with Heat Pipe Cooled Reactor
12:05–12:25PM EDT
Zheng Wang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Minghui Zhang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Shihao Xu (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Junli Gou (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Jianqiang Shan (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.)
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