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The International Information Center for Multiphase Flow

NEWSLETTER
No. 54, December 2020
The Japanese Society for Multiphase Flow
ASME's Nuclear Engineering Conference powered by ICONE
Aug 4-5, 2020, Virtual, Online
by Chikako Iwaki
ASME's Nuclear Engineering Conference
powered by ICONE was held virtually from August
4th to 5th, 2020. The conference was co-sponsored by
the American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME), the Japanese Society of MechanicalEngineers (JSME) and the Chinese Nuclear Society(CNS). The General Chair of the conference was Prof.
Shripad Revankar of Purdue University.
ICONE (International Conference on NuclearEngineering) is the premier global conference on
nuclear reactor technology and leaders from industry,government and academia gather to present andexplore cutting edge technical issues and solutions forthe challenges that the nuclear industry faces today.
The ICONE was inaugurated in 1991 as ICONE1 inTokyo, Japan by JSME and ASME. The second
conference, ICONE2 was held in 1993 in San
Francisco, USA, the third Conference, ICONE3 washeld in 1995 in Kyoto, Japan, and since then, it has

been convened on an annual basis: the ICONE has
been held 27 times until now and recognized as oneof the largest-scale and most proven international
nuclear power conferences.
We originally planned to hold ICONE28 in
California, Florida, USA, in 2020, however, it has
been postponed to 2021 due to the rapid expansionof COVID-19. In order to provide an alternative
conference for international technical discussions, wehave decided to hold this conference virtually andonline. For the convenience of participants fromdifferent time zones around the world, the event was
a combination of live discussions, on-demand
pre-recorded video viewing and chat style questions
and answers. We have made it possible to watch
presentation videos and exchange opinions even after
the conference to improve the benefits of participantsby maintaining the built platform until the end ofDecember 2020.

To Join ICeM:
Everybody, who is interested in Multiphase flow, is welcome to join ICeM. Please contact one of the following
board members to register in ICeM member.
Members (Editor):
Prof. Hiroyuki Takahira (Chairperson)

Prof. Kei Ito

Prof. Takuya Tsuji

Osaka Prefecture University
E-mail:takahira@me.osakafu-u.ac.jp

Kyoto University
E-mail:k-ito@rri.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Osaka University
E-mail:tak@mech.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp

Prof. Yoshihiko Oishi
Muroran Institute of Technology
E-mail:oishi@mmm.muroran-it.ac.jp

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The keynote theme "Nuclear Energy the Future
Zero Carbon Power" was set for confirming the roles
and responsibilities of nuclear energy users to realize
a low-carbon society. The keynote session, "A Legacyof Accomplishment and A Vision for a Better Future"
by Mr. Bill Magwood (Nuclear Energy Agency), andthe plenaly sessions, "Modernization of the Nuclear
Industry" by Ken Canavan (Westinghouse), "INL, AVital Resource to Meet the Nation's Energy andSecurity Future" by Dr. Mark Peters (Idaho NationalLaboratory) were lectured live. The lectures werefollowed by lively discussion between a large
numbers of participants.
The panel sessions were held on eight themes. In
addition to the conventional "SMR (Small ModularReactor) and Advanced Reactors", "Advanced FuelDevelopment", "Advanced Manufacturing", etc., thetimely themes panel session also added such as"COVID-19 Impacts on Electrical Utilities". Thepanel session, "Post Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear
Safety and Plant Decommissioning" was organized
Tadashi Narabayashi, professor emeritus of Hokkaido
University. Parts of the current status concerning
future decommissioning work and current approaches
to decommissioning was introduced by 6 panelists.
We got many comments from participants all over theworld, it indicated a high level of interest in thisissue.
More than 600 people participated in theconference from 31 different countries. Although thenumber of papers in the technical session wasreduced to about half of the initially registerednumber due to the change in the conference style, the297 papers were presented finally. The papers wereclassified into 14 tracks including student sessions,and discussions and information exchanges wereconducted by pre-recorded videos and chat stylequestions and answers. The session topics and thecorresponding number of papers are listed below:
Track 1: Ope rating Plant Experience9
Track 2: Nuclear Fuel and Engineering
12
Track 3: Nuclear Plant Engineering
31
Track 4: SMR and Advanced Reactors
14
Track 5: Nuclear Safety, Security & Cyber Security 45
Track 6: Codes and Standards
6
Track 7: Thermal-Hydraulics
53
Track 8: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)27
Track 9: Verification and Validation
6
Track 10: Decontamination & Decommissioning 18
Track 11: Beyond Design Basis
10
Track 12: Nuclear Policy2
Track 13: Probabilistic Risk Assessments
14
Track 14: Student Paper Competition
50
Many research related multi-phase flow werepresented, especially on tracks 6, 7, 8 and 9. The
representative presentations are as follows:- Aerosol behavior for fission product removal- Particle decontamination efficiency in a single
bubble by pool scrubbing- Numerical simulation of micro particles motion in
bubbly Flow
- High energy X-Ray CT measurement of void
fraction distribution in fuel bundle- Spray cooling of spent fuel rod- Effect of hydrogen inflow on Passive CoreCooling System with natural circulation flow
- Influence of gas properties on gas-liquid twophase flow
These are examples of important research that
contributes to safety enhancement of nuclear reactorsthat were presented in the technical session.
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realizing a low-carbon society. In order to deal withmultifaceted and complicated issues that are differentfrom the conventional ones, it is necessary to bring
together the knowledge of engineers and scientists
from all over the world. For that reason, ICONE isexpected to be held continuously in the future.
The ICONE28 will be also held virtually August
3–5, 2021. We hope that the next conference will be
successful with more participants. We are waiting
your joining with us.

Chikako Iwaki
Conference Chair of JSME side
Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
E-mail: chikako.iwaki@toshiba.co.jp

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Future Meetings
Following list includes conference name, place, date and contact information.
Introductory Workshop: Mathematical problems
in fluid dynamics
Berkeley, California, United States, January 25 - 29,2021
http://www.msri.org/workshops/945

8th International Symposium on Advances in
Computational Heat Transfer (CHT-21)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 15 - 19, 2021
Chair: Y. Jaluria (Rutgers University), Helcio R. B.
Orlande (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
https://www.ichmt.org/

Recent Developments in Fluid Dynamics
Berkeley, California, United States, April 12 - 23,2021
http://www.msri.org/workshops/950

74th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid
Dynamics
Phoenix, United States, November 21 - 23, 2021
http://www.aps.org/meetings/index.cfm

13th International Conference on ThermalEngineering: Theory and Applications
Baku, Azerbaijan, June 11 - 13, 2021
Chair: Y. Abdullayev (Baku Engineering University),
M.Z. Saghir (Ryerson University)
https://www.ictea.ca/

The First Symposium on Carbon Ultimate
Utilization
Technologies
fortheGlobal
Environment (CUUTE-1)
Nara, Japan, Decemnber 14 - 17, 2021
Chair: Y. Kato (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
http://web.apollon.nta.co.jp/CUUTE-1/

Summer Heat Transfer Conference (SHTC 2021)
Virtual Conference, Online, June 16 - 18, 2021
https://event.asme.org/SHTC
19thInternationalSymposium
onVisualization ISFV 19Shanghai, June 28 - 30, 2021
Chair: Yingzheng Liu, (SJTU, Shanghai)
http://isfv2020.sjtu.edu.cn/index

5th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference(TFEC 2021)
New Orleans, LA, United States, 2021
Chair: T. Wang (University of New Orleans), M.W.
Plesniak (The George Washington University)
https://www.astfe.org/tfec2020/

Flow---------- 2022 and beyond, not yet determined ---------ESAT 2021 - 31st European Symposium on
Applied Thermodynamics
Paris, France, July 4 - 7, 2021
Chair: E.A. Macedo (Porto, Portugal)
Vice chair: R. Dohrn (Leverkusen, Germany)
http://www.esat2020.com/

19th Internatinal Meeting on Nuclear Reactor
Thremal Hydraulics (NURETH-19)
Brussels, Belgium, March 6 – 11, 2022
Chair: H. A. Abderrahim (SCK, CEN), J-P, Chabard(EDF), X. Sun (University of Michigan)
https://www.ans.org/meetings/view-334/

10th International Symposium on Turbulence,
Heat and Mass Transfer (THMT-21)
St. Petersburg, Russia, July 6 - 9, 2021
Chair: D.M. Markovich (Kutateladze Institute ofThermophysics, SB RAS)
http://www.thmt-20.org/

The 11th International Conference on Multiphase
Flow (ICMF 2022)
Kobe, Japan, May 29 – June 3, 2022
Chair: Yuichi Murai (Hokkaido University)
http://www.jsmf.gr.jp/icmf2022/

26th International Conference on Chemical
Thermodynamics (ICCT-2020)
London, United Kingdom, July 18 - 22, 2021
Chair: M. Trusler (Imperial College London)
https://www.icct2020.org/

EuropeanConferenceon
Thermophysical
Properties (ECTP 2023)
Venice, Italy, 2023
Chair: A. Muscio (AIPT / Univ. Modena e ReggioEmilia)
http://www.ectp2020.eu/

28th International Conference on Nuclear
Engineering (ICONE 28)
Virtual Conference, Online, August 4 - 6, 2021
https://event.asme.org/ICONE

Mathematical Advances in Geophysical Fluid
Dynamics
Oberwolfach, Germany
https://www.mfo.de/www/schedule/2020/all4

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Particle growth in turbulence
Stockholm, Sweden
Chair: A. Brandenburg (Nordita)
Chair: B. Mehlig (University of Gothenburg)https://www.nordita.org/events/particles2020/

The 7th International Conference on Micro andNano Flows (MNF2020)
London, The United Kingdom
Chair: T. G. Karayiannis (Brunel University London)
https://www.micronanoflows.com/mnf2020

Executive Division of The Japanese Society for Multiphase Flow (2020)
President
Vice Presidents

K. Katoh (Osaka City University)
H. Soyama (Tohoku University)
T. Ishii (JFE Techno-Research Corporation)
H. Umekawa (Kansai University)

Chair of Informatics Division
H. Takahira (Osaka Prefecture University)
Chair of Planning Division
S. Mori (Kyusyu University)
Chair of International Intercourse Division
Y. Murai (Hokkaido University)
Chair of General Affairs Division
T. Wakimoto (Osaka City University)
Executive Office of JSMF
Academic Publication & Printings Co.
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Corresponding Members
AUSTRALIA
Hubert Chanson
Jiyuan Tu
Aibing Yu
AUSTRIAStefan Pirker
Alfredo Soldati
BRAZIL
Gherhardt Ribatski
Oscar M. H. Rodriguez
CANADA
Jovica Riznic
CHINA
Xu Cheng
Liejin Guo
Jinghai Li
Lixing Zhou
CZECH REPUBLIC
Jiři Drahoš
EGYPT
M. M. Awad
FRANCE
Alain Cartellier
Catherine Colin
Michel Lance
Jacques Magnaudet
Olivier Simonin
Anne Tanière
Stéphane Zaleski
GERMANY
Dirk LucasMichael Schlüter
Martin Sommerfeld
Peter StephanMarkus Uhlmann
GREECE
Vasilis Bontozoglou
INDIA
Gargi Das
ISRAEL
Neima Brauner
Yehuda Taitel
ITALY
Gian Piero Celata
Paolo di Marco
Cristian Marchioli

KOREA
Moo Hwan Kim
Sang Yong Lee
Chul-Hwa SongNETHERLAND
J.A.M. (Hans) Kuipers

University of Queensland
RMIT University
University of New South Wales
Johannes Kepler University
TU WienRobert Mudde
NORWAY
Ole Nydal
RUSSIA
Sergey V. Alekseenko
SPAIN
Carlos Martinez-Bazan
SWEDEN
Henryk Anglart
SWITZERLAND
Horst-Michael Prasser
John R. Thome
TAIWAN
Chih-Chen Chen
TURKEYCan Fuat Delale
UKPanagiota Angeli
Tassos G. Karayiannis
Omar K. MatarMike Reeks
Jos Derksen
USASteven L. Ceccio
Jennifer Sinclair Curtis
Vijay K. Dhir

Universidade de São Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tsinghua University
Academy of Science of the Czech
Republic
Mansoura University
LEGI,
CNRS and University Grenoble Alpes
IMFT, University of Toulouse, CNRS
École Centrale de Lyon
IMFT, University of Toulouse, CNRS
IMFT, University of Toulouse, CNRSLEMTA, Nancy University
University Pierre et Marie CurieKINSKAIST
KAERI
Eindhoven University ofTechnology
Delft University of Technology
NTNU
Novosibirsk State University
University of Jaén
Royal Institute of Technology
ETH ZürichEPFL
National Tsing Hua University
Isik University
University College London
Brunel University
Imperial College London
Newcastle University
University of Aberdeen

University of Michigan
University of Florida
University of California, Los
Angeles
Stanford University
John K. Eaton
Iowa State University
Rodney O. Fox
Illinois Institute of Technology
Dimitri Gidaspow
Texas A & M University
Yassin A. Hassan
Purdue University
Takashi Hibiki
California Institute of Technology
Melany Hunt
Rochester Institute of Technology
Satish Kandlikar
City College of Newyork
Masahiro Kawaji
University of Maryland
Jungho Kim
University of Minnesota
Ellen K. Longmire
Efstathios E. (Stathis) Michaelides
Texas Christian University
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteMichael Podowski
Gretar Tryggvason
Johns Hopkins University

HZDR
TU Hamburg-Harburg
Otto von Guericke Universität
Magdeburg
Darmstadt University of Technology
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
University of Thessaly
Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University
ENEA
University of Pisa
Universita di Udine

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