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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|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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