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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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DNFSB’s Summers ends board tenure, extending agency’s loss of quorum
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The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, the independent agency responsible for ensuring that Department of Energy facilities are protective of public health and safety, announced that the board’s acting chairman, Thomas Summers, has concluded his service with the agency, having completed his second term as a board member on October 18.
Summers’ departure leaves Patricia Lee, who joined the DNFSB after being confirmed by the Senate in July 2024, as the board’s only remaining member and acting chair. Lee’s DNFSB board term ends in October 2027.
Technical Session|Thermal Hydraulics
Friday, April 5, 2024|10:15–11:35AM EDT|Reber Room 135
Session Chair:
David Reger (Penn State University)
Alternate Chair:
Carolina da Silva Bourdot Dutra (Penn State University)
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LES at Low Richardson Number to Investigate Thermal Stratification in SFRs Upper Plenums
10:15–10:35AM EDT
Theodore M. Chu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Trevor Franklin (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Paper
Direct Numerical Simulation of a Sodium Fast Reactor Assembly
10:35–10:55AM EDT
Carolina da Silva Bourdot Dutra (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
Effects of Gap Width on Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics for Twisted Tape Inserts Related to Molten Salt Applications
10:55–11:15AM EDT
Sierra Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Neutronics and Thermal Hydraulics Analysis of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor
11:15–11:35AM EDT
Casey Emler (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Saya Lee (Penn State), William Walters (Penn State)
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