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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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NEA report calls for more accurate data on SNF heat decay
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency has issued a report calling for more-detailed information on tracking the decay heat of spent nuclear fuel from light water reactors. According to the NEA, the report highlights the increasing importance of accurate decay heat estimations due to evolving fuel characteristics, including higher initial fuel enrichment, increased burn-up rates, and extended reactor cycle lengths.
The report, Summary of the NEA Assessment on Spent Nuclear Fuel Decay Heat for Light Water Reactors, summarizes the findings of a subgroup of the NEA’s Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS), which ran from January 2022 to January 2024.
Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2024)
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM EST|Coral A
Session Chair:
Igor Bolotnov (NCSU)
Alternate Chair:
Victor Habiyaremye (NRG)
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Improved Heat Transfer Modeling in a Channel Flow with Rough Surfaces Using Wall Functions
10:00–10:20AM EST
V. Habiyaremye (Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group), A Math.ur (Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group), F. Roelofs (Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group), J.W.R. Peeters (Delft Univ. Technology)
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Pressure-Corrected Wall Functions for the k - τ RANS Model in Nek5000
10:20–10:40AM EST
Nadish Saini (ANL), Ananias Tomboulides (Aristotle Univ., Thessaloniki), Dillon Shaver (ANL), Aleksandr Obabko (ANL)
Numerical Investigation of Turbulent Flow Through an Orifice Plate at $Re \approx 10^6$: A RANS-Based Methodology for Predicting Discharge Coefficients with ISO 5167 Uncertainty
10:40–11:00AM EST
Pascal Borel (EDF), Sofiane Benhamadouche (EDF), Didier Boldo (EDF)
Free Surface Steam-Interface Heat Transfer Model with a Wall Function that takes Roughness into Account
11:00–11:20AM EST
Bruno Raverdy (CEA)
URANS Computations of Nakamura et al. Dead Branch Configuration -- Evaluation of the Velocity Field Predictions
11:20–11:40AM EST
Sofiane Benhamadouche (EDF)
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