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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Digital control system installed at China’s Linglong One
Earlier this month, the first digital control system was put in place at Linglong One, a small modular reactor demonstration project being built at the Changjiang nuclear power plant in Hainan Province. This is the world’s first land-based commercial SMR and is controlled by China National Nuclear Power Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Monday, November 14, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST|Sonoran 6
Session Chair:
Aaron S. Epiney
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Mihai A. Diaconeasa
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Overview of Earthquake Simulator Experiments of a Gen IV Pebble-Bed Reactor Model
3:15–3:35PM MST
Faizan Ul Haq Mir (Univ. Buffalo), Kaivalya M. Lal (Univ. Buffalo), Benjamin D. Kosbab (Simpson Gumpertz & Heger), Kaniel Z. Tilow (Simpson Gumpertz & Heger), Brian Song (Kairos Power), Nam Nguyen (Kairos Power), Matthew Clavelli (Kairos Power), Andrew S. Whittaker (Univ. Buffalo)
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Assessing the Impact of Effective Thermal Conductivity on Gas-Cooled Reactor Transients in RELAP5-3D
3:35–3:55PM MST
Robert F. Kile (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Aaron S. Epiney (INL), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Performance Evaluation of Accident Tolerant Fuel in Recovered LOCA Following ECCS Failure
3:55–4:15PM MST
Una Baker (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Development of a PWR Feedwater System Model Using MBSE and SysML
4:15–4:35PM MST
Irfan Ibrahim (Vanderbilt Univ.), Steven Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.), Kevin Adams (Vanderbilt Univ.)
Mid-Height Seismic Isolation of Safety-Class Equipment in Advanced Nuclear Power Plants
4:35–4:55PM MST
Kaivalya M. Lal (Univ. Buffalo), Andrew S. Whittaker (Univ. Buffalo), Michael C. Constantinou (Univ. Buffalo)
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