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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Panelists discuss U.S. path to criticality in ANS webinar
The American Nuclear Society recently hosted a panel discussion featuring prominent figures from the nuclear sector who discussed the industry’s ongoing push for criticality.
Yasir Arafat, chief technical officer of Aalo Atomics; Jordan Bramble, CEO of Antares Nuclear; and Rita Baranwal, chief nuclear officer of Radiant Industries, participated in the discussion and covered their recent progress in the Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program. Nader Satvat, director of nuclear systems design at Kairos Power, gave an update on the company’s ongoing demonstration projects taking place outside of the landscape of DOE authorization.
Technical Session|Thermal Hydraulics
Friday, April 4, 2025|10:30–11:50AM MDT|Trail/Spirit
Session Chair:
Melissa A. Moreno
Alternate Chair:
Keenan R. Kresl-Hotz
Session Organizer:
Ashley Machado
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CFD Analyses of the Flow Mixing and Stratification in Pool Type SFR
10:30–10:50AM MDT
Keenan R. Kresl-Hotz (Univ. New Mexico), Mohamed S. El-Genk (Univ. New Mexico), Timothy M. Schriener (Univ. New Mexico)
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High-Fidelity Simulation of Buoyancy-Driven Flows and Conjugate Heat Transfer with Applications to Fusion Energy
10:50–11:10AM MDT
Logan J. Hiland (Penn State), Tri Nguyen (Penn State), Carolina Bourdot Dutra (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Dominykas Buta (Univ. Leeds), Aleksander Dubas (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Agency), Andrew Davis (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Agency)
Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of the Westinghouse Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor During a Station Blackout
11:10–11:30AM MDT
Andrew Sallie (Penn State), Carolina Dutra (Penn State), Sinan Okyay (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
The All Natural Reactor - A Study on Natural Circulation in a CANDU Style Reactor
11:30–11:50AM MDT
Ana Julia Coelho Teixeira Barbosa (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Sydney L. Wagner (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
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