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2021 ANS Virtual Annual Meeting
June 14–16, 2021
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Technical Session|Sponsored by THD|Cosponsored by RPD
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|3:50–5:30PM (4:50–6:30PM EST)
Session Chair:
Prashant K. Jain (Oak Ridge National Lab)
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Emilian Popov
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Erica McGowan (American Nuclear Society)
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Pressure Vessel Design Optimization of the Transformational Challenge Reactor
Nathan D. See (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Jesse Heinemann (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Phillip Chesser (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Sacit M. Cetiner (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Benjamin R. Betzler (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Ex-Core Thermofluidic Modeling and Simulations for Transformational Challenge Reactor
B. R. Betzler (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Brian J. Ade (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Florent Heidet (Argonne National Laboratory), Alberto Talamo (Argonne National Laboratory), Subhasish Mohanty (Argonne National Laboratory), Aurelien X. Bergeron (Argonne National Laboratory), Prasad Vegendla (Argonne National Laboratory)
Gas Coolant Channel Optimization for Transformational Challenge Reactor
Prashant K. Jain (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Casey J. Jesse (Idaho National Laboratory), Justin Weinmeister (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Preliminary Design and Stress Analysis of the Transformational Challenge Reactor Vessel
Subhasish Mohanty (Argonne National Laboratory), Benjamin R. Betzler (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Brian J. Ade (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Florent Heidet (Argonne National Laboratory), Prasad Vegendla (Argonne National Laboratory), Alberto Talamo (Argonne National Laboratory), Aurelien X. Bergeron (Argonne National Laboratory)
Transformational Challenge Reactor Accident Analysis
Jordan D. Rader (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Prashant K. Jain (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Aaron J. Wysocki (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Thermal-Hydraulic Analyses to Support TCR Optimization
Kurt A. Terrani (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Benjamin R. Betzler (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Rick Archibald (ORNL), Briana D. Hiscox (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Vladimir Sobes (University of Tennessee Knoxville), Emilian Popov (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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