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Reactor Physics
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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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New edition of IAEA’s Climate Change and Nuclear Power available
The 2024 edition of Climate Change and Nuclear Power has been released by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The 99-page report focuses on the need for a significant increase in investment to achieve goals for expanding nuclear power.
The report: According to the IAEA, the report delves into the financing of nuclear projects as ambitious climate targets draw nearer. It also explores the imperative for financial frameworks to help nuclear energy become a cornerstone of global decarbonization efforts and highlights the challenges and best practices in financing nuclear projects.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Monday, November 13, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EST|Columbia 10
Session Chairs:
Dillon R. Shaver
Ferry Roelofs (NRG)
Session Organizer:
This session will include a brief THD award ceremony for the presentation of the Technical Achievement Award at 4:40 pm
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Implementation of a High-Fidelity Interface Resolving Method in Nek5000
3:15–3:35PM EST
Donna P. Guillen (INL), Nadish Saini (ANL), Dillon R. Shaver (ANL)
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Computational Fluid Dynamics Heat Transfer Sensitivity Analysis for Hollow Wire Wrap Capillaries Instrumented with Optical Fiber Temperature Sensors
3:35–3:55PM EST
Stefan Vietz (Oregon State), Guillaume Mignot (Oregon State), Trevor Kent Howard (Oregon State), Wade Marcum (Oregon State)
Flow Analysis Through a Packed Bed with Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes Equations (URANS)
3:55–4:15PM EST
David Lanade (TAMU), Octavio Bovati (TAMU), Yassin Hassan (TAMU)
Modeling and Validation of Two-Phase Boiling Flow and Critical Heat Flux with the STAR-CCM+ CFD Code
4:15–4:35PM EST
Prasad Vegendla (ANL), Adrian Tentner (ANL)
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