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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC proposed rule for licensing reactors authorized by DOE, DOD
Nuclear reactor designs approved by the Department of Energy or Department of Defense could get streamlined pathways through the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s commercial licensing process should applicants wish to push the technology into the civilian sector.
A proposed rule introduced April 2 by the NRC would “improve NRC licensing review efficiency, where applicable, by explicitly establishing by regulation an additional means for reactor applicants to demonstrate the safety functions of their reactor designs, and thus, would contribute to the safe and secure use and deployment of civilian nuclear energy technologies.”
Technical Session|Thermal Hydraulics
Friday, April 5, 2024|1:35–2:55PM EDT|Reber Room 135
Session Chair:
John J. Acierno (Penn State University)
Alternate Chair:
Casey Emler (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Carolina Dutra (Penn State University)
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Modeling of NuScale Small Modular Reactor Using MELCOR for Steady-State and Transient Conditions
1:35–1:55PM EDT
Grace Ejnik (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mohammad A. Allaf (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Juliana P. Duarte (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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Analyzing Pre/Post-CHF Heat Transfer Regimes in a Boiling Water Channel Using TRACE
1:55–2:15PM EDT
Colin Smith (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mohammad A. Allaf (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Juliana P. Duarte (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Comparison of Fiber Optic Temperature Sensors and Thermocouples at Sodium Heat Pipe Operating Temperatures
2:15–2:35PM EDT
Scout H. Bucks (Penn State), Christopher T. Balbier (Penn State), Saya Lee (Penn State)
Experimental Study on Single- and Two-Phase Flows Pressure Drop in a U-bend
2:35–2:55PM EDT
Alicja Stoppel (Purdue), Zhengting Quan (Purdue), Seungjin Kim (Purdue)
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