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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC posts hearing request notice for Belews Creek ESP application
An opportunity to request an adjudicatory hearing for Duke Energy Carolinas’ early site permit (ESP) application for the Belews Creek site in Stokes County, N.C., has been announced by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The notice of the opportunity was published February 9 in the Federal Register. The deadline to file a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is April 10, 2026.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Tuesday, November 11, 2025|3:15–5:00PM EST|Fairchild East/West
Session Chair:
Marilyn Delgado
Alternate Chair:
Elia Merzari
Session Organizers:
Arsen Iskhakov
Piyush Sabharwall
Yassin Hassan
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Development and Validation of a Lumped Parameter Heat Pipe Model for Transient Analysis
3:15–3:35PM EST
Chris Mendez (TAMU), Hansol Kim (TAMU), Joseph Seo (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)
Paper
Development and Validation of a Conductance-Based Lumped Model for Sodium Heat Pipes in Microreactors
3:35–3:55PM EST
Development of a Design Optimization Framework for Heat Pipes Wick Structure in Microreactor Applications
3:55–4:15PM EST
The CASMR Microreactor Testbed
4:15–4:35PM EST
Brent P. Hollrah (TAMU), Joseph Seo (TAMU), Abdulbasit Aloufi (TAMU), Hansol Kim (TAMU), Yassin Hassan (TAMU)
Coupled Sodium Heat Pipe and Air-Cooled System for Nuclear Microreactors
4:35–4:55PM EST
Trevor A. Melsheimer (Texas A&M University College Station), Brent P. Hollrah (TAMU), Abdulbasit Aloufi (TAMU), Mitchell A. Stephenson (TAMU), Joseph Seo (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)
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