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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC looks to leverage previous approvals for large LWRs
During this time of resurging interest in nuclear power, many conversations have centered on one fundamental problem: Electricity is needed now, but nuclear projects (in recent decades) have taken many years to get permitted and built.
In the past few years, a bevy of new strategies have been pursued to fix this problem. Workforce programs that seek to laterally transition skilled people from other industries, plans to reuse the transmission infrastructure at shuttered coal sites, efforts to restart plants like Palisades or Duane Arnold, new reactor designs that build on the legacy of research done in the early days of atomic power—all of these plans share a common throughline: leveraging work already done instead of starting over from square one to get new plants designed and built.
Technical Session|Special Topics
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Gunston East/West
Session Chair:
Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Alternate Chair:
Graham Macpherson (FNC)
Session Organizer:
Jun Liao
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CFD Modelling of Lead Solidification and Natural Convection for the Westinghouse Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor
3:30–3:50PM EDT
D. Wilson (Univ. Manchester), H. Iacovides (Univ. Manchester), E. Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), P. Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.), S.J. Lee (Fauske & Assoc.)
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CFD and STH Thermal-Hydraulic Analyses in Support of the CIRCE-THETIS Experimental Campaign
3:50–4:10PM EDT
P. Stefanini (Univ. Pisa), A. Pucciarelli (Univ. Pisa), N. Forgione (Univ. Pisa), I. Di Piazza (ENEA Brasimone R.C.)
CFD Analysis of the Passive Heat Removal System in the Conceptual Design Phase of the Westinghouse Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor Under Air Cooling Conditions
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Aidan Wimshurst (Frazer-Nash Consultancy), Graham Macpherson (Frazer-Nash Consultancy), Rhodri Watkins (Frazer-Nash Consultancy), Carolyn Howlett (Frazer-Nash Consultancy), Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Cory Stansbury (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Megan Durse (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Richard Wright (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Marco Caramello (Ansaldo Nucleare)
Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of a Representative Westinghouse Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor Fuel Bundle Using CFD
4:30–4:50PM EDT
D. Wilson (Univ. Manchester), H. Iacovides (Univ. Manchester), E. Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), C. Stansbury (Westinghouse Electric Co.), P. Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
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