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Thermal Hydraulics
The division provides a forum for focused technical dialogue on thermal hydraulic technology in the nuclear industry. Specifically, this will include heat transfer and fluid mechanics involved in the utilization of nuclear energy. It is intended to attract the highest quality of theoretical and experimental work to ANS, including research on basic phenomena and application to nuclear system design.
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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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NRC’s David Wright visits the Hill and more NRC news
Wright
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is in the spotlight today for three very different reasons. First, NRC Chair David Wright was on Capitol Hill yesterday for his renomination hearing in front of the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee. Second, the NRC released its updated milestone schedules according to the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA) and the executive orders signed by President Trump last month; and third, as reported by Reuters on Tuesday, 28 former NRC officials have condemned the dismissal of Commissioner Hanson earlier this month.
Renomination: EPW Committee chair Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R., W.Va.) opened the hearing with a statement praising Wright’s experience and emphasized the urgency of stable leadership at the NRC.
“China is executing a rapid build-out of its nuclear industry,” Capito said. “The demand for clean, baseload power is skyrocketing as we position America to win the AI race.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Friday, December 3, 2021|8:00–9:45AM EST |Columbia 9
Session Chair:
Lane B. Carasik
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Meryem Murphy
Student Assistant:
Erika Smith
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Ex-Vessel Heat Sinks for Fission Battery Decay-Heat Removal
8:05–8:25AM EST
Charles Forsberg (MIT), Ruaridh Macdonald (MIT)
Paper
Simulation and Analysis of a Prototypical Bubble Separator for Molten Salt Reactor
8:25–8:45AM EST
Jiaqi Chen (Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), C. S. Brooks (Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Flattening the Radial Temperature Profile Across the Transformational Challenge Reactor Core
8:45–9:05AM EST
Casey J. Jesse (INL), Justin Weinmeister (ORNL), Prashant Jain (ORNL), Brian J. Ade (ORNL)
MARS-KS 3D Full Core Subchannel Analysis Module Development Using CTF Code: Implicit Pressure Coupling and Parallel Processing
9:05–9:25AM EST
N.H. Hoang (Environment and Energy Technology), Y.K. Kwack (Environment and Energy Technology), Y.S. Kim (Environment and Energy Technology), J.H. Kim (Environment and Energy Technology), S.K. Sim (Environment and Energy Technology)
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