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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
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Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|4:50–6:30PM EST
Session Chair:
Darius Lisowski (ANL)
Alternate Chair:
Yue Jin (MIT)
Session Organizer:
Fan-Bill Cheung
Staff Producer:
Janet Davis (American Nuclear Society)
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Experimental Investigation of a Supersonic Jet Impinging on a Concave Cylindrical Surface
Blake Maher (Texas A&M University), Yassin A. Hassan (Texas A&M University), Duy-Thien Nguyen (Texas A&M University)
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NIMBLE Microreactor Testing Platform for TREAT: Preliminary Thermal-Hydraulic Considerations
Daniel M. Wachs (Idaho National Laboratory), Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (Idaho National Laboratory), Kevan D. Weaver (Idaho National Laboratory), Matthew R. Ramirez (Idaho National Laboratory), Justin T. Johnson (Idaho National Laboratory), Austin D. Fleming (Idaho National Laboratory), Kayla Clements (University of Florida), Daniel B. Chapman (Idaho National Laboratory), John D. Bess (Idaho National Laboratory), Begona Aranguren (Texas A&M University College Station), Aaron S. Epiney (Idaho National Laboratory)
Transient Testing of Natural Circulation Flow in Cartridge Experiments
Joel L. McDuffee (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), David Felde (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Richard H. Howard (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Christian M. Petrie (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Daniel C. Sweeney (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Designing a High Temperature and Radiation Resistant Magnetic Pump Coupler for VTR Cartridge Test Loops
Nathan C. Bremer (Argonne National Laboratory), Mitchell T. Farmer (Argonne National Laboratory), Matthew T. Weathered (Argonne National Laboratory)
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