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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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MARVEL PDSA approval could serve as blueprint
MARVEL, the Microreactor Applications Research Validation and Evaluation project at Idaho National Laboratory, has had its preliminary documented safety analysis approved by the Department of Energy, marking a milestone in its development and serving as a potential outline for other microreactors in development.
Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2024)
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|3:15–5:00PM EST|Coral A
Session Chair:
Sofiane Benhamadouche (EDF)
Alternate Chair:
Jun Fang (ANL)
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Nucleation Site Interactions in High-Fidelity Pool Boiling Simulations
3:15–3:35PM EST
Anna Iskhakova (NCSU), Om Jagtap (NCSU), Nam T. Dinh (NCSU), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)
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Turbulent to Laminar Flow Transition Study in Parallel Plate Geometry Using Direct Numerical Simulation
3:35–3:55PM EST
Alexey Burbasov (NCSU), Tri Nguyen (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)
CFD Simulation of Flow Distribution in Molten Salt Reactor Experiment Lower Plenum
3:55–4:15PM EST
Jun Fang (ANL), Dillon Shaver (ANL), Tingzhou Fei (ANL)
Validation of DNB Prediction Capability of STAR-CCM+ Eulerian-Eulerian Multiphase Flow Model Under Inclined Conditions for Floating Nuclear Power Plant
4:15–4:35PM EST
Giwon Bae (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Hyoung kyu Cho (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Computational Analysis of Molten Salt Freeze Valves with STAR-CCM+
4:35–4:55PM EST
Anutam Bairagi (Univ. New Mexico), Minghui Chen (Univ. New Mexico)
Comparing Fidelity of RANS Turbulence Closures for Modeling Buoyant Jets Under Thermal Stratification
4:55–5:05PM EST
Som Dutta (Utah State), Anton Kadomtsev (Utah State), Mauricio Tano (INL), Izabela Gutowska (Oregon State), Paul Fischer (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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