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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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RIC session focuses on interagency collaboration
Attendees at last week’s 2026 Regulatory Information Conference, hosted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, saw extensive discussion of new reactor technologies, uprates, fusion, multiunit deployments, supply chain, and much more.
With the industry in a state of rapid evolution, there was much to discuss. Connected to all these topics was one central theme: the ongoing changes at the NRC. With massively shortened timelines, the ADVANCE Act and Executive Order 14300, and new interagency collaboration and authorization pathways in mind, speakers spent much of the RIC exploring what the road ahead looks like for the NRC.
Technical Session|Thermal Hydraulics
Friday, April 4, 2025|1:10–2:30PM MDT|Trail/Spirit
Session Chair:
Melissa A. Moreno
Alternate Chair:
Keenan R. Kresl-Hotz
Session Organizer:
Ashley Machado
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Direct Numerical Simulation of a Cantilevered Rod Experiment
1:10–1:30PM MDT
Sean P. Bistany (Penn State), Anshuman Chaube (Penn State), Tri Nguyen (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
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Experimental Investigation of Additively Manufactured Helically Rifled Tubing for Molten Salt Heat Exchangers
1:30–1:50PM MDT
Ryan P. McGuire (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Andrew Hutsell (Young Members Group), James Vulcanoff (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Simulations of External Flow Around Twisted Elliptical Tubes for Above Unity Prandtl Numbers and Low to Moderate Reynolds Numbers
1:50–2:10PM MDT
Sierra Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Dillon R. Shaver (ANL), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Simulations of Twisted Tape Inserts of Varying Twist Pitches to Understand Thermal Hydraulic Impacts in Fusion Energy Systems
2:10–2:30PM MDT
Gavin Standish (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Sierra Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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