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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Technical Session|Reactor Design and Analysis
Tuesday, April 23, 2024|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Franciscan C
Session Chair:
Ishita Trivedi (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Yan Cao (ANL)
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Comparative Analysis on the Passive Flow Rate Control in the Load-Follow Simulation for Holos-Quad Microreactor
10:15–10:35AM PDT
Sooyoung Choi (Univ. Michigan), Qicang Shen (Univ. Michigan), Claudio Filippone (HolosGen), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan)
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Modeling Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Using Nodal Diffusion Codes with Jacobian-Free Newton Krylov Generated Correction Parameters
10:35–10:55AM PDT
Jacob Smith (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)
Concept Study of a Fission Fragment Propulsion Nuclear System
10:55–11:15AM PDT
Dacai Zhang (Tsinghua Univ.), Xirui Zhang (Tsinghua Univ.), Zhechuan Tan (Tsinghua Univ.), Yuanhao Gou (Tsinghua Univ.), Minzhi Xiong (Tsinghua Univ.), Ganglin Yu (Tsinghua Univ.)
Mass and Power Estimations of Moderated and Unmoderated HALEU Fueled Heat-Pipe Reactors for Space Applications
11:15–11:35AM PDT
Riccardo Boccelli (Politecnico di Milano), Marco E. Ricotti (Politecnico di Milano), Angelica Peressotti (Thales Alenia Space Italia), Stefano Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano), Andrea D'Ottavio (Thales Alenia Space Italia)
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