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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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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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History in the making: D&D begins on Three Mile Island-2
Constellation Energy has announced that it will seek to restart Unit 1 of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania as part of an agreement with Microsoft to power that company’s data centers. Given the growing interest by tech companies in using clean, reliable nuclear power to meet their growing energy demands, the September 20 announcement to reopen TMI-1, which was shut down and defueled in 2019, was not a huge surprise.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Tuesday, November 14, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EST|Columbia 9
Session Chair:
Xingang Zhao (ORNL)
Alternate Chairs:
Izabela Gutowska
Ferry Roelofs (NRG)
Session Organizer:
Xu Wu
The winner of the 2023 ANS Young Professional Thermal Hydraulics Research Competition will be announced after the session around 4:30 PM in the same room.
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Identifying Important Parameters Affecting Fuel Dispersion and Relocation Phenomena Under Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA) Conditions
3:15–3:35PM EST
Sade Danielle Campos (Oregon State), Trevor Kent Howard (Oregon State), Stephen Yamasaki (Oregon State), Guillaume Mignot (Oregon State), Wade Marcum (Oregon State), Gordon Wissinger (Framatome), Lisa Gerken (Framatome)
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Experimental Investigation of Shell Side Flow Around Twisted Tubes Using Positron Emission Particle Tracking for CFD Validation
3:35–3:55PM EST
Connor Donlan (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), A. Cabral (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), C. Wiggins (ORNL), S. Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Direct Numerical Simulation of a Molten Salt Natural Circulation Loop Using the Spectral Element Method
3:55–4:15PM EST
Tri Nguyen (Penn State), John Barton (Penn State), Casey Emler (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
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