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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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India’s PFBR attains criticality at last
Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed it “a proud moment for India” when on April 6 the 500-MWe, sodium-cooled Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achieved initial criticality. This milestone, which comes some 22 years after the continually delayed PFBR project began, marks India’s entrance into the second stage of its three-stage nuclear program, which has the ultimate goal of supporting the country’s nuclear power program with its significant thorium reserves.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|10:00–11:45AM EST
Session Chair:
N. Dianne B. Ezell (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
W. Neal Mann (The University of Texas at Austin)
Session Organizer:
Staff Producer:
Paul LaTour (American Nuclear Society)
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TRANSFORM - A Vision for Modern Advanced Reactor System-Level Modeling and Simulation Using Modelica
Michael S. Greenwood (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Paper
Gear Test Assembly - Testing Gears and Bearings in Liquid Sodium
Edward Kent (Argonne National Laboratory), Henry Belch (Argonne National Laboratory), Sasan Bakhtiari (Argonne National Laboratory), H.T. Chien (Argonne National Laboratory), Chris Grandy (Argonne National Laboratory)
SMART Natural Circulation Long Term Cooling Performance Analysis for the Extended Design Basis Accidents using MARS-KS
Youn Shil Kim (Environment & Energy Technology, Inc.), Sunghwan Bae (Environment & Energy Technology, Inc), Nhan H. Hoang (Environment & Energy Technology, Inc), S.K. Sim (Environment & Energy Technology, Inc)
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Generalized Python Tool for Thermal Hydraulics Core Analysis of Advanced Reactors
Sierra Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth University), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth University)
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