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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 THD
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|4:50–6:30PM EST
Session Chair:
Ling Zou
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Matthew D. Zimmer
Staff Producer:
Pat Schroeder (American Nuclear Society)
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Momentum Source Modeling of Spacer Grid and Mixing Vanes in Small Modular Reactors
Jun Fang (Argonne National Laboratory), Dillon R. Shaver (Argonne National Laboratory), Elia Merzari (Pennsylvania State University)
Paper
Lateral flow characterizations in a 5x5 rod bundle with spacer grid
Camila Freitas Matozinhos (Texas A&M University), Gabriel Caio Queiroz Tomaz (Texas A&M University), Thien Nguyen (Texas A&M University), Yassin A. Hassan (Texas A&M University)
On The Effect of The Aspect Ratio on The Stability of Single-phase Rectangular Thermosiphons
Tri Nguyen (The Pennsylvania State University), Elia Merzari (The Pennsylvania State University)
1D Fixed Flux Two-Fluid Model For Vertical Adiabatic Slug Flow
Krishna Chetty (Purdue University), Alejandro Clausse (CNEA-CONICET and National University of Central Buenos Aires), Martin A. Lopez de Bertodano (Purdue University)
Subchannel Mass Transfer Analysis of a 5 x 5 Rod Bundle Using PIV and Matching of Index of Refraction
Gabriel Caio Queiroz Tomaz (Texas A&M University), Camila Freitas Matozinhos (Texas A&M University), Duy-Thien Nguyen (Texas A&M University), Yassin A. Hassan (Texas A&M University)
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