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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Ukrainian nuclear innovator competition winners announced
For the second consecutive year, the Ukrainian Nuclear Society (UkrNS) held its Nuclear Innovators competition, was organized in partnership with ANS and other leading institutions in the nuclear sector worldwide. The two winners were announced on May 7.
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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