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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Radfest at Argonne kicks off ANS Annual Conference
The day before the 2025 ANS Annual Conference officially began in Chicago, the air was abuzz with the crackle of Geiger counters at Argonne National Laboratory in neighboring Lemont, Ill., where about 100 visitors from across the country attended an outreach and education event hosted by the American Nuclear Society.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|1:00–2:45PM EST|Canaveral 2
Session Chair:
Robert Kile
Alternate Chair:
Aaron Epiney (INL)
Session Organizer:
Yunfei Zhao
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Holistic Approach for Safe Long-Term Operation of Nuclear Installations
1:00–1:20PM EST
Keiko Chitose (Nuclear Energy Agency), Didier Jacquemain (Nuclear Energy Agency)
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Contact Pressure Assessment Between ICI Tube and Lower Head in Severe Accidents
1:20–1:40PM EST
Kukhee Lim (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Yong Jin Cho (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
Analysis of Core Catcher Design Characteristics for Thermal Margins: Inclined Wall Effects on the CHF
1:40–2:00PM EST
Min Suk Lee (KAIST), Yong Hoon Jeong (KAIST)
Analyzing a TRISO Particle-Coating Chemical Vapor Deposition Coater Using the Integrated System Failure Analysis Method
2:00–2:20PM EST
Daniel Layer (Ohio State), Vinicius Zanardo Rodrigues (Ohio State), Xiaoxu Diao (Ohio State), Carol Smidts (Ohio State)
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