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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Southern Nuclear is leading the charge in artificial intelligence integration, with employee-developed applications driving efficiencies in maintenance, operations, safety, and performance.
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Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD|Cosponsored by ANSTD
Monday, November 16, 2020|3:40–5:50PM EST
Session Chair:
Abdalla Abou-Jaoude
Alternate Chair:
John D. Bess
Session Organizer:
Blair P. Bromley
Staff Producer:
Jay Bogardus (American Nuclear Society)
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BlueCRAB Microreactor Reference Model
Stephen M. Bajorek (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Joseph M. Kelly (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Javier Ortensi (Idaho National Lab), Guojun Hu (Argonne National Lab), Rui Hu (Argonne National Lab)
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Multi-Physics Simulations of Heat-Pipe TRISO-Fueled Micro-Reactor
Bo Feng (ANL), Christopher Matthews (LANL), Yeon S. Jung (ANL), Zhi-Gang Mei (ANL), Changho Lee (ANL), Kun Mo (ANL), Nicolas E. Stauff (Argonne National Laboratory)
Feasibility Investigation of Self-Controlled Reactor Using Stationary Liquid Fuel
Taek Kyum Kim (Argonne National Laboratory), Xiaohua Wang (Argonne National Laboratory), Christopher T. Forsyth (University of California Berkeley), Yinbin Miao (Argonne National Laboratory), Kun Mo (Argonne National Laboratory), Tingzhou Fei (Argonne National Laboratory)
Alternative Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Core Designs using Curved Fuel Plates
Gilles J. Youinou (Idaho National Laboratory), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (Idaho National Laboratory)
Criticality Concerns of Small Modular Reactor for Marine Application
Myung Hyun Kim (Kyung Hee University), Seong-Jun Yoon (Kyung Hee University)
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