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2023 ANS Annual Meeting
June 11–14, 2023
Indianapolis, IN|Marriott Indianapolis Downtown
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NRC advisors give nod to Hermes construction permit
Having completed its review of the construction permit application for Kairos Power’s Hermes test reactor early last month, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) recently submitted its conclusions to the agency, recommending approval.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Wednesday, December 1, 2021|2:35–4:00PM EST |Georgetown West
Session Chair:
Erin Wehlage (Studsvik Scandpower)
Alternate Chair:
Tim Crook (MCR Performance Solutions)
Session Organizer:
W. Neal Mann (ANL)
Student Assistant:
Matthew Hageman
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Transient Characterization in High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors Using Deep Neural Networks
2:40–3:00PM EST
Andy Rivas (NC State Univ.), G. K. Delipei (NC State Univ.), Ian Davis (X-Energy), Yvotte Brits (X-Energy), Jason Hou (NC State Univ.)
Summary
Removing Safeguards and Security Roadblocks for Advanced Reactors
3:00–3:20PM EST
Ben Cipiti (Sandia), Alison Hahn (U.S. DOE)
Improving Microreactor Competitiveness Using an Economics-by-Design Approach
3:20–3:40PM EST
Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Andrew Foss (INL), Yasir Arafat (INL), Brent Dixon (INL)
NERTHUS MSR Dynamic Model
3:40–4:00PM EST
Nicholas Dunkle (Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville), Ondrej Chvala (Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville), Visura Pathirana (Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville)
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