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2022 ANS Annual Meeting
June 12–16, 2022
Anaheim, CA|Anaheim Hilton
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Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD|Cosponsored by ANSTD
Friday, December 3, 2021|2:05–3:50PM (3:05–4:50PM EST)|Columbia 12
Session Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov
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Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni
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Zachary Deziel
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Fundamental Study and Demonstration of Core Monitoring by Ex-Core Detectors Based on the Power Correlation Between Fuel Regions
2:10–2:30PM (3:10–3:30PM EST)
Rei Kimura (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions), Yuki Nakai (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions), Satoshi Wada (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions), Atsushi Sakon (Kindai Univ.), Tadafumi Sano (Kindai Univ.)
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Conceptual Development Methods for Heat Pipe Microreactors
2:30–2:50PM (3:30–3:50PM EST)
Mikaela e. Blood (LANL), Alexis Maldonado (LANL), D. V. Rao (LANL)
Reactivity Control of Uranium Nitride Fueled Micro-Reactors with Burnable Poisons and Control Sliders
2:50–3:10PM (3:50–4:10PM EST)
Aaron She (Georgia Institute of Technology), Bojan Petrovic (Georgia Institute of Technology)
New Burnable Absorber Loading Design in SMR No-Onsite Refueling Strategy Performance Assessment
3:10–3:30PM (4:10–4:30PM EST)
Gray Chang (JFoster and Assoc.), Mie Hiruta (J Foster and Assoc.), Julie Foster (JFoster and Assoc.), Jim Harrell (Zachry Nuclear)
Design Analysis of a Micro Heat Pipe Cooled Reactor
3:30–3:50PM (4:30–4:50PM EST)
Luay Alawneh (Texas A&M Univ.), Rodolfo Vaghetto (Texas A&M Univ.), Yassin Hassan (Texas A&M Univ.), Harold G. White (Limitless Space Institute)
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