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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|8:00–9:45AM EST|Grouper
Session Chair:
Kenny Fossum (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Mohammad Amer Allaf (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Session Organizer:
William N. Mann
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Direct Contact Condensation Effects in Water-Cooled SMR Systems
8:00–8:20AM EST
Kenneth Lee Fossum (INL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Clay Lietwiler (Holtec Int'l)
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The Fuel-Clad Transient Behavior of Uprated NuScale Using MELCOR
8:20–8:40AM EST
Mohammad Amer Allaf (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Émile Zaccomer (École Polytechnique), Grace Ejnik (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), WooHyun Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Juliana Pacheco Duarte (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
High-Resolution Temperature Measurements on Sodium Heat Pipes Applied to Microreactors
8:40–9:00AM EST
Erik M. Tillman (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Taigo A. Moreira (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Gregory F. Nellis (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mark H. Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
High Performance Heat Pipe Power Transient Testing at SPHERE Facility
9:00–9:20AM EST
Zachary Sellers (INL), Jeremy Hartvigsen (INL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
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