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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Aalo Atomics discusses the road ahead
Yasir Arafat, president and chief technology officer of Aalo Atomics, participated in the first day of sessions at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s annual Regulatory Information Conference (RIC). There, he recapped some of the company’s recent milestones and revealed new details on what lies ahead for Aalo.
His attendance at the event coincided with a number of announcements in the past two weeks. Those announcements covered new contracts with Global Nuclear Fuel and Baker Hughes, the release of a new strategic roadmap, the completion of fuel enrichment by Urenco USA, and a new approval from the Department of Energy.
Technical Session|Thermal Hydraulics
Friday, April 4, 2025|2:40–4:00PM MDT|Trail/Spirit
Session Chair:
Melissa A. Moreno
Alternate Chair:
Keenan R. Kresl-Hotz
Session Organizer:
Ashley Machado
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Validation of CTF Models Using NRC Data from RBHT Reflood Experiments
2:40–3:00PM MDT
Alicja Stoppel (Purdue Univ.), Robert K. Salko (ORNL), Wesley C. Williams (ORNL)
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Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Asymmetric Flow in a PCCS Thermosiphon
3:00–3:20PM MDT
Ryan Afzal (Tufts Univ.), Erica Kemmerling (Tufts Univ.)
Sensitivity Study on the Influence of the Spanwise Domain Width and the Force on Tube Wall in Cross Flow Tube Bundle
3:20–3:40PM MDT
Trevor Franklin (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Flow Visualization of a Flow Conditioners/Straightener using Positron Emission Particle Tracking (PEPT) and X-Ray Computed Tomography
3:40–4:00PM MDT
Jerel W. Houston (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Theodore Chu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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