Conference Agenda

Session Overview

Date: Sunday, 31/Aug/2025

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Student Tech. Tour
Location: Outside

3:00pm - 7:00pm

Registration
Location: Lobby (1F)

4:00pm - 6:00pm

Student Poster
Location: Lobby (1F)

6:30pm - 7:30pm

Welcome Reception
Location: Lobby (2F)

Date: Monday, 01/Sept/2025

8:30am - 4:00pm

Registration
Location: Lobby (1F)

8:50am - 9:20am

Opening Ceremony
Location: Grand Ballroom 301 (3F)

9:20am - 10:40am

Plenary 1. Technology Innovation for Nuclear Sustainability
Location: Grand Ballroom 301 (3F)

10:40am - 10:50am

Coffee Break
Location: Lobby (3F) & Lobby (2F)

10:50am - 12:10pm

Plenary 2. Innovation to Disrupt and Stimulate Thermal Hydraulics R&D
Location: Grand Ballroom 301 (3F)

12:10pm - 1:10pm

Lunch
Location: Grand Ballroom 301 (3F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 1-1. Two-Phase Flow Fundamentals
Location: Session Room 1 - #205 (2F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 1-2. Numerical Evaluation of TH Test Facilities - I
Location: Session Room 2 - #201 & 202 (2F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 1-3. Fundamental Two-Phase Flow
Location: Session Room 3 - #203 (2F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 1-4. MSR - I
Location: Session Room 4 - # 101 & 102 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 1-5. DBA and DEC Aanlysis
Location: Session Room 5 - #103 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 1-6. Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification for CFD
Location: Session Room 6 - #104 & 105 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 1-7. SMR - I
Location: Session Room 7 - #106 & 107 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 1-8. Code V&V - I
Location: Session Room 8 - #108 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 1-9. ML for Critical Heat Flux - I
Location: Session Room 9 - #109 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 1-10. Advanced M&S
Location: Session Room 10 - #110 (1F)

3:40pm - 4:00pm

Coffee Break
Location: Lobby (2F) & Lobby (1F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 2-2. Numerical Evaluation of TH Test Facilities - II
Location: Session Room 2 - #201 & 202 (2F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 2-3. Rod Bundle Tests
Location: Session Room 3 - #203 (2F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 2-4. LFR - I
Location: Session Room 4 - # 101 & 102 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 2-6. Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification Developments and Applications
Location: Session Room 6 - #104 & 105 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 2-8. Code V&V - II
Location: Session Room 8 - #108 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 2-9. ML for Critical Heat Flux - II
Location: Session Room 9 - #109 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 2-10. Coupled & Multi-D Analysis
Location: Session Room 10 - #110 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:55pm

Tech. Session 2-1. Boiling Heat Transfer - I
Location: Session Room 1 - #205 (2F)

4:00pm - 6:55pm

Tech. Session 2-5. BEPU and Safety Analysis
Location: Session Room 5 - #103 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:55pm

Tech. Session 2-7. Fusion
Location: Session Room 7 - #106 & 107 (1F)

Date: Tuesday, 02/Sept/2025

8:30am - 4:00pm

Registration
Location: Lobby (1F)

9:00am - 10:00am

Keynote 1
Location: Session Room 1 - #205 (2F)

9:00am - 10:00am

Keynote 2
Location: Session Room 2 - #201 & 202 (2F)

9:00am - 10:00am

Keynote 3
Location: Session Room 4 - # 101 & 102 (1F)

10:00am - 10:20am

Coffee Break
Location: Lobby (2F)

10:20am - 11:50am

Panel Session 2. Successful Continued-Operation Implementation of Nuclear Power Plants through the Overseas Regulation Frameworks and Key Aging Degradation Issues
Location: Session Room 8 - #108 (1F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 3-1. SMR - II
Location: Session Room 1 - #205 (2F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 3-2. Boiling Heat Transfer - II
Location: Session Room 2 - #201 & 202 (2F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 3-3. IET
Location: Session Room 3 - #203 (2F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Panel Session 1. Development of Light Water Small Modular Reactors
Location: Session Room 4 - # 101 & 102 (1F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 3-4. Code V&V
Location: Session Room 5 - #103 (1F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 3-5. Computational TH for Molten Salt Reactors and Systems
Location: Session Room 6 - #104 & 105 (1F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 3-6. LFR - II
Location: Session Room 7 - #106 & 107 (1F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 3-7. ML for Critical Heat Flux - III
Location: Session Room 9 - #109 (1F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 3-8. PSA
Location: Session Room 10 - #110 (1F)

12:25pm - 1:10pm

Lunch *Available from 12:00
Location: Grand Ballroom 301 (3F)

1:10pm - 2:10pm

ANS Award Session 1. Technical Achievement Award (TAA)
Location: Session Room 1 - #205 (2F)

1:10pm - 2:40pm

Panel Session 3. International Cooperation in Developing Innovative Nuclear Reactors: Needs, Best Practices, and Challenges
Location: Session Room 4 - # 101 & 102 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 4-1. Bubble Dynamics
Location: Session Room 2 - #201 & 202 (2F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 4-2. Core & Rod Bundle Thermal-Hydraulics
Location: Session Room 3 - #203 (2F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 4-3. Computational TH for Liquid Metal Reactors and Systems
Location: Session Room 5 - #103 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 4-4. Computational Fluid Dynamics - I
Location: Session Room 6 - #104 & 105 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 4-5. MMR - I
Location: Session Room 7 - #106 & 107 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 4-6. Containment Behaviors
Location: Session Room 8 - #108 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 4-7. ML for TH in Advanced Reactors
Location: Session Room 9 - #109 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 4-8. FSI and FIV
Location: Session Room 10 - #110 (1F)

3:40pm - 4:00pm

Coffee Break
Location: Lobby (2F) & Lobby (1F)

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Panel Session 4. Thermal-hydraulics Testing Needs for Advanced Liquid-metal-cooled Reactors
Location: Session Room 4 - # 101 & 102 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 5-1. Computational TH for Small Modular Reactors
Location: Session Room 1 - #205 (2F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 5-2. Condensation
Location: Session Room 2 - #201 & 202 (2F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 5-3. Core, Subchannel and System Thermal-Hydraulics
Location: Session Room 3 - #203 (2F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 5-4. SFR - I
Location: Session Room 5 - #103 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 5-5. Computational Fluid Dynamics - II
Location: Session Room 6 - #104 & 105 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 5-6. GCR - I
Location: Session Room 7 - #106 & 107 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 5-7. Fission Product and Source Term Behavior
Location: Session Room 8 - #108 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 5-8. ML-enhanced TH Modeling and Simulation - I
Location: Session Room 9 - #109 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 5-9. Heat Pipe and MMR - I
Location: Session Room 10 - #110 (1F)

6:30pm - 9:00pm

Banquet
Location: Grand Ballroom 301 (3F)

Date: Wednesday, 03/Sept/2025

8:30am - 4:00pm

Registration
Location: Lobby (1F)

9:00am - 10:00am

Keynote 4
Location: Session Room 1 - #205 (2F)

9:00am - 10:00am

Keynote 5
Location: Session Room 2 - #201 & 202 (2F)

9:00am - 10:00am

Keynote 6
Location: Session Room 4 - # 101 & 102 (1F)

10:00am - 10:20am

Coffee Break
Location: Lobby (2F)

10:20am - 11:50am

Panel Session 5. High Fidelity MSMP (Multi-scale & Multi-physics) Simulation for SMR Development
Location: Session Room 1 - #205 (2F)

10:20am - 11:50am

Panel Session 6. V&V Experiments for SMR Demonstration and Development
Location: Session Room 4 - # 101 & 102 (1F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 6-1. Post-CHF Heat Transfer and Quenching
Location: Session Room 2 - #201 & 202 (2F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 6-2. Advanced Instrumentation - I
Location: Session Room 3 - #203 (2F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 6-3. High-Fidelity Computational Fluid Dynamics
Location: Session Room 5 - #103 (1F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 6-4. Computational Fluid Dynamics - III
Location: Session Room 6 - #104 & 105 (1F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 6-5. SMR - III
Location: Session Room 7 - #106 & 107 (1F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 6-6. Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis
Location: Session Room 8 - #108 (1F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 6-7. ML-enhanced TH Modeling and Simulation - II
Location: Session Room 9 - #109 (1F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 6-8. International Cooperation Initiatives - I
Location: Session Room 10 - #110 (1F)

12:25pm - 1:10pm

Lunch (Not Provided)

1:10pm - 2:10pm

ANS Award Session 2. Sehgal Memorial Award
Location: Session Room 1 - #205 (2F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 7-1. Critical Heat Flux - I
Location: Session Room 2 - #201 & 202 (2F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 7-2. Advanced Instrumentation - II
Location: Session Room 3 - #203 (2F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 7-3. MSR - II
Location: Session Room 4 - # 101 & 102 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 7-4. Boiling Model Development
Location: Session Room 5 - #103 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 7-5. Computational Methods for Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer- I
Location: Session Room 6 - #104 & 105 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 7-6. SFR - II
Location: Session Room 7 - #106 & 107 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 7-7. IVR & Ex-vessel Behavior - I
Location: Session Room 8 - #108 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 7-8. Flow Instabilities and Critical Flow
Location: Session Room 9 - #109 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 7-9. Heat Pipe and MMR - II
Location: Session Room 10 - #110 (1F)

1:10pm - 6:30pm

Poster Session
Location: Lobby (1F)

3:40pm - 4:00pm

Coffee Break
Location: Lobby (2F) & Lobby (1F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Special Session: FONESYS & SILENCE
Location: Session Room 1 - #205 (2F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 8-1. Critical Heat Flux - II
Location: Session Room 2 - #201 & 202 (2F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 8-2. SET and CET
Location: Session Room 3 - #203 (2F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 8-3. Miscellaneous Advanced Reactor Thermal Hydraulics
Location: Session Room 4 - # 101 & 102 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 8-4. Thermal-Hydraulics Simulation and Experiments
Location: Session Room 5 - #103 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 8-5. Computational Methods for Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer - II
Location: Session Room 6 - #104 & 105 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 8-7. IVR & Ex-vessel Behavior - II
Location: Session Room 8 - #108 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 8-9. Non-Electric Applications
Location: Session Room 10 - #110 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:55pm

Tech. Session 8-6. GCR - II
Location: Session Room 7 - #106 & 107 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:55pm

Tech. Session 8-8. Component Thermal Hydraulics
Location: Session Room 9 - #109 (1F)

Date: Thursday, 04/Sept/2025

8:30am - 4:00pm

Registration
Location: Lobby (1F)

9:00am - 10:00am

Keynote 7
Location: Session Room 1 - #205 (2F)

9:00am - 10:00am

Keynote 8
Location: Session Room 2 - #201 & 202 (2F)

9:00am - 10:00am

Keynote 9
Location: Session Room 4 - # 101 & 102 (1F)

10:00am - 10:20am

Coffee Break
Location: Lobby (2F)

10:20am - 11:50am

Panel Session 8. A Life and Legacy in the Thermalhydraulics of CHF and Post Dryout – In Memoriam of Dr. Dionysius (Dé) Groeneveld
Location: Session Room 1 - #205 (2F)

10:20am - 11:50am

Panel Session 7. Thermal-hydraulic and Fuel Coupling Analysis for Reactor Safety Evaluation
Location: Session Room 4 - # 101 & 102 (1F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 9-1. Experimental Thermal Hydraulics - I
Location: Session Room 2 - #201 & 202 (2F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 9-2. Natural Convection/Circulation - I
Location: Session Room 3 - #203 (2F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 9-3. MSR - III
Location: Session Room 5 - #103 (1F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 9-4. Computational Thermal-Hydraulics: Toward Lower Computational Cost
Location: Session Room 6 - #104 & 105 (1F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 9-5. LFR - III
Location: Session Room 7 - #106 & 107 (1F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 9-6. SMR - IV
Location: Session Room 8 - #108 (1F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 9-7. ML for TH Experiments
Location: Session Room 9 - #109 (1F)

10:20am - 12:25pm

Tech. Session 9-8. International Cooperation Initiatives - II
Location: Session Room 10 - #110 (1F)

12:25pm - 1:10pm

Lunch (Not Provided)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 10-1. Passive Safety and Natural Circulation
Location: Session Room 1 - #205 (2F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 10-2. Experimental Thermal Hydraulics - II
Location: Session Room 2 - #201 & 202 (2F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 10-3. Flow Dynamics in Narrow/Mini Channels
Location: Session Room 3 - #203 (2F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 10-4. System TH Code Development and Analysis
Location: Session Room 4 - # 101 & 102 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 10-5. Subchannel TH Code Development and Analysis
Location: Session Room 5 - #103 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 10-6. Computational TH for Severe Accident Analysis
Location: Session Room 6 - #104 & 105 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 10-7. MSR - IV
Location: Session Room 7 - #106 & 107 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 10-8. LFR - IV
Location: Session Room 8 - #108 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 10-9. MMR - II
Location: Session Room 9 - #109 (1F)

1:10pm - 3:40pm

Tech. Session 10-10. Computational TH for CHF and Dryout
Location: Session Room 10 - #110 (1F)

3:40pm - 4:00pm

Coffee Break
Location: Lobby (2F) & Lobby (1F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 11-1. Natural Convection/Circulation - II
Location: Session Room 1 - #205 (2F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 11-2. Special Phenomena and Topics
Location: Session Room 2 - #201 & 202 (2F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 11-3. System Thermal-Hydraulics
Location: Session Room 3 - #203 (2F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 11-4. Computational TH for HTGRs and Heat Pipes
Location: Session Room 4 - # 101 & 102 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 11-5. Modeling of Heat Exchangers
Location: Session Room 5 - #103 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 11-6. Computational Thermal-Hydraulics: General - I
Location: Session Room 6 - #104 & 105 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 11-7. MMR - III
Location: Session Room 7 - #106 & 107 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 11-8. Hydrogen and Combustible Gas Behavior
Location: Session Room 8 - #108 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 11-9. ML for TH Analysis of Nuclear Reactor Accidents
Location: Session Room 9 - #109 (1F)

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Session 11-10. Hydrogen Production and Space Applications
Location: Session Room 10 - #110 (1F)

Date: Friday, 05/Sept/2025

8:30am - 11:00am

Registration
Location: Lobby (1F)

9:00am - 11:30am

Tech. Session 12-1. MSR - V
Location: Session Room 1 - #205 (2F)

9:00am - 11:30am

Tech. Session 12-2. Advanced Thermal Hydraulicsl Modeling
Location: Session Room 2 - #201 & 202 (2F)

9:00am - 11:30am

Tech. Session 12-3. Non-Water Cooled Reactor Applications
Location: Session Room 3 - #203 (2F)

9:00am - 11:30am

Tech. Session 12-4. SFR - III
Location: Session Room 4 - # 101 & 102 (1F)

9:00am - 11:30am

Tech. Session 12-5. Special Topics
Location: Session Room 5 - #103 (1F)

9:00am - 11:30am

Tech. Session 12-6. Computational Thermal-Hydraulics: General - II
Location: Session Room 6 - #104 & 105 (1F)

9:00am - 11:30am

Tech. Session 12-7. MMR - IV & GCR - III
Location: Session Room 7 - #106 & 107 (1F)

9:00am - 11:30am

Tech. Session 12-8. Others
Location: Session Room 8 - #108 (1F)

9:00am - 11:30am

Tech. Session 12-9. ML for Nuclear Reactor Monitoring and Control
Location: Session Room 9 - #109 (1F)

9:00am - 11:30am

Tech. Session 12-10. Special Topics
Location: Session Room 10 - #110 (1F)

11:30am - 11:50am

Coffee Break
Location: Lobby (2F)

11:50am - 12:30pm

Closing Ceremony
Location: Session Room 1 - #205 (2F)

1:00pm - 6:30pm

Tech. Tour
Location: Outside

For Reserved Only.