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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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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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NRC v. Texas: Supreme Court weighs challenge to NRC authority in spent fuel storage case
The State of Texas has not one but two ongoing federal court challenges to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that could, if successful, turn decades of NRC regulations, precedent, and case law on its head.
Michael P. Short (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Miaomiao Jin (Idaho National Laboratory), Ittinop Dumnernchanvanit (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Max Carlson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Sean Robertson (Transatomic Power Corporation), Gilberto Mota (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Alexandra R. Delmore (University of Wisconsin Madison), Akshay Dave (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Bren A. Philips (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Sidney Yip (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Benjamin S. Collins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Andrew T. Nelson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Dennis F. Hussey (Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)), Daniel M. Wells (Electric Power Research Institute), Jeff Deshon (Electric Power Research Institute), Naiqiang Zhang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Brian Kendrick (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Chris Stanek (Los Alamos National Laboratory), David Andersson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Kenneth J. McClellan (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Brian D. Wirth (University of Tennessee Knoxville), Derek R. Gaston (Idaho National Laboratory), Cody J. Permann (Idaho National Laboratory), Richard C. Martineau (Idaho National Laboratory)
Proceedings | The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors Virtual Meeting | November 16-19, 2020 | Pages 461-466