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2023 ANS Annual Meeting
June 11–14, 2023
Indianapolis, IN|Marriott Indianapolis Downtown
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Feedback from nuclear sector to inform hearing on NRC licensing process
Leaders of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce last month sent letters to a variety of nuclear sector stakeholders requesting input in preparation for a June 14 hearing titled “Oversight of NRC: Ensuring Efficient and Predictable Nuclear Safety Regulation for a Prosperous America.” (The hearing will be livestreamed at https://energycommerce.house.gov/.)
“We invite you to submit to the committee information and recommendations to improve the licensing review and approval process, as well as the oversight of NRC licensees,” the lawmakers wrote. “We are interested in NRC activities involving the licensing and oversight of today’s operating reactors, as well as the siting, licensing, construction, and oversight of advanced nuclear reactor technologies.” The letter also noted the committee’s interest in “improving NRC efficiency, management of regulatory costs and fees, public health and safety, staff effectiveness and culture, collaboration with the Department of Energy, and international activities.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST|Sonoran 6
Session Chair:
Trevor Kent Howard
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Marilyn Delgado
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Natural Circulation Experiments in Gallium Thermal-Hydraulic Loop
3:15–3:35PM MST
Broderick Sieh (Purdue), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)
Summary
Flow Visualization in a Flow Conditioner to Support PEPT Experiments of Advanced Reactor Components
3:35–3:55PM MST
Jerel Houston (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Cody S. Wiggins (ORNL), Arturo Cabral (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Adam Mafi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Design and Preliminary Understanding of Flow in Pebble Bed Reactors Using Positron Emission Particle Tracking
3:55–4:15PM MST
Adam Mafi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Cody Wiggins (ORNL), Arturo Cabral (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jerel Houston (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), L.B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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