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Oklo provides updates on DOE, NRC approvals
On March 17, Oklo released a series of four press releases in the span of a few hours containing some of the first substantial updates the company has given on its various approval processes with the Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission since January.
Specifically, Oklo announced that it has received two nuclear safety design agreement (NSDA) approvals from the DOE and a materials license from the NRC.
Panel and Technical Session|Thermal Hydraulics
Friday, April 14, 2023|1:35–2:55PM EDT|Student Union 262A
Session Chair:
Sean Kosslow (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Teja Vallabhaneni (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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Pressure Drop Measurements of Twisted Tape Inserts with Smaller Widths for Advanced Reactor Applications
1:35–1:55PM EDT
Arturo Cabral (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Cody S. Wiggins (ORNL), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Turbulence Initiating Mechanisms During the Laminar-Turbulent Transition Flow Regime in Rod Bundles
1:55–2:15PM EDT
Luiz C. Aldeia Machado (Penn State), Carolina da Silva Bourdot Dutra (Penn State), Sean P. Bistany (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
High Fidelity Modeling to Inform Safety Analysis Codes for Heat Pipe Microreactors
2:15–2:35PM EDT
Carolina da Silva Bourdot Dutra (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
Simulations to Understand Thermal Performance of Helically Rifled Heat Transfer Enhancements for Molten Salts
2:35–2:55PM EDT
James Vulcanoff (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Ryan P. McGuire (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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