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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Panel and Technical Session|Reactor Physics
Saturday, April 15, 2023|1:35–2:55PM EDT|Student Union 262C
Session Chair:
Rida Rahman (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Harrison Huegen (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
This session is sponsored by the ANS Reactor Physics Division.
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Expanded Transfer Function Approach for Predicting Cross Sections due to Thermal Hydraulic Variations with the Shift MG MC Code
1:35–1:55PM EDT
Bailey Painter (Georgia Tech), Vidor H. Lujan (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)
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Coupled Neutronics and Thermal Hydraulics Calculations for the MSRE Pump Startup and Coastdown Transients
1:55–2:15PM EDT
Mohamed H. Elhareef (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Universirty)
24-month Cycle Transition and Optimization for a 4-Loop PWR Core
2:15–2:35PM EDT
Luke G. Shuler (NCSU), Matthew F. Nash (NCSU), Jendayi Brown (South Carolina State), Maximiliano J. Velasco (NCSU), Scott P. Palmtag (NCSU)
Preliminary Design of the Concept Thorium Uranium Low-Cost Hydrogen-Production Unit (CTHULHU)
2:35–2:55PM EDT
Narrie Loftus (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Kyle P. Chernich (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
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