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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NRC discontinues spent fuel pool rulemaking
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is discontinuing its rulemaking activity, “Long-Term and Unattended Water Makeup of Spent Fuel Pools,” and denying a petition for rulemaking. The new rule, as requested by the petitioner, would have required nuclear power plant licensees to ensure that their spent nuclear fuel pools are capable of cooling and maintaining water levels during extended power outages.
Panel and Technical Session|Thermal Hydraulics
Friday, April 14, 2023|3:10–4:30PM EDT|Student Union 262A
Session Chair:
Sean Kosslow (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Caitlyn Parsons (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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Experiments of Helically Rifled Tubing Thermal Performance Using Additively Manufactured Test Sections for Molten Salt Applications
3:10–3:30PM EDT
Ryan P. McGuire (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Arturo Cabral (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Downwards Flow Boiling and Critical Heat Flux in a Square Channel
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Ethan H. Nicolls (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Nataly R. Panczyk (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Joseph L. Bottini (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Caleb S. Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Scaling Analysis of a Separate Effects Test Facility for Thermal Performance Investigations of Heat Transfer Enhancements Involving Molten Salt Applications
3:50–4:10PM EDT
Connor F. Donlan (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Arturo Cabral (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Investigation of Temperature Fluorescent Dye in Molten Salt for Laser Induced Fluorescence Applications
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Kara Wilke (TAMU), Joseph Seo (TAMU), Rodolfo Vaghetto (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)
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