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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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India’s PFBR attains criticality at last
Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed it “a proud moment for India” when on April 6 the 500-MWe, sodium-cooled Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achieved initial criticality. This milestone, which comes some 22 years after the continually delayed PFBR project began, marks India’s entrance into the second stage of its three-stage nuclear program, which has the ultimate goal of supporting the country’s nuclear power program with its significant thorium reserves.
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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