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2026 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 15–18, 2026
Phoenix, AZ|Arizona Grand Resort & Spa
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Studsvik announces partnership to deploy four BWRX-300s in Sweden
Swedish engineering services firm Studsvik and its partners have teamed up on a four-unit BWRX-300 new build project in southern Sweden. On Thursday, Studsvik entered into a joint development agreement with GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy, GE Vernova Financial Services, DS Investment Partners, and Samsung C&T to advance the 1.2-GW ReFirm program, with the expectation the first unit will commence operations in the mid-2030s.
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)