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2021 ANS Virtual Annual Meeting
June 14–16, 2021
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Shrinking Y-12 will facilitate cleanup, reduce costs, DOE says
A project to reduce by approximately half the high-security protected area at the Department of Energy’s Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., will avoid millions of dollars in costs and accelerate cleanup, the DOE’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) announced.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|1:30–3:15PM (2:30–4:15PM EST)
Session Chair:
Marilyn Delgado
Alternate Chair:
Rodolfo Vaghetto
Session Organizer:
Yassin A. Hassan
Staff Producer:
Janet Davis (American Nuclear Society)
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Behavior of a Scaled Water-Cooled Reactor Cavity Cooling System under Hypothetical Accident Conditions
Rodolfo Vaghetto (Texas A&M University), Yassin A. Hassan (Texas A&M University), Demarkus Hodge (Texas A&M University), Se R. Yang (Texas A&M University)
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Experimental investigation of cross-flow vortex structures in the wake region of a sphere using time-resolved PIV and POD analysis
N.K. Anand (Texas A&M University), Yassin A. Hassan (Texas A&M University), Robert Muyshondt (Texas A&M University), Duy-Thien Nguyen (Texas A&M University)
Redevelopment of Vanadium Wire Sodium Oxygen Measurement Technique and Correlation to Plugging Meter for VTR Applications
Jordan Rein (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Mark Anderson (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Matthew T. Weathered (Argonne National Laboratory), Jacob Larson (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Andrew C. Napora (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Preliminary Design Optimization Study of Heat Pipe for Space Reactor Application
In C. Bang* (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology), Ye Yeong Park (UNIST)
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Designing an Experimental Tool to Protect The HWA inside The PBR core.
Abdulaleem A. Bugis (Missouri University of Science & Technology), Muthanna Al H. Dahhan (Missouri University of Science and Technology), Muhna N. Alshammari (Missouri University of Science and Technology)
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