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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Call for 2026 ANS Special Award suggestions
With this year’s awards already presented at the American Nuclear Society Annual Conference in June, the ANS Honors and Awards (H&A) Committee has set its sights on planning for next year’s distinctions. To that end, the H&A Committee is now soliciting suggested topics for the 2026 Special Award.
Technical Session|Methods
Monday, April 22, 2024|3:30–5:15PM PDT|Franciscan D
Session Chair:
Oliver Buss (NEA)
Alternate Chair:
Emily Shemon (ANL)
Session Organizer:
Mathieu Hursin (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
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Multiphysics Simulations of the KRUSTY Criticality Experiment Using BlueCrab
3:30–3:50PM PDT
Yan Cao (ANL), Yinbin Miao (ANL), Kun Mo (ANL), Nicolas Stauff (ANL), Changho Lee (ANL)
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Coupled Multiphysics Modeling of Heat Pipe Microreactors Using Cardinal, BISON, and Sockeye
3:50–4:10PM PDT
M. Eltawila (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), A.J. Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Y. Miao (ANL)
Application of Basis Projection Methods to Temperature Distribution Construction in Heat Pipe Microreactor
4:10–4:30PM PDT
Dean Price (Univ. Michigan), Majdi I. Radaideh (Univ. Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan)
Multiphysics Simulation of TRISO Fuel Compacts and the Effects of Homogenization
4:30–4:50PM PDT
Aya Hegazy (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), April J. Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Rizwan-uddin (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Thermal-Mechanical Considerations for the Radiantly Integrated TPV-Microreactor System
4:50–5:10PM PDT
Naiki Kaffezakis (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)
Presented by Bailey Painter (Georgia Tech)
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