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NEDHO: A conversation with Seungjin Kim
Kim
Recently, Nuclear Engineering Department Heads Organization Chair Seungjin Kim talked with Nuclear News about NEDHO’s current condition, governmental funding for NEDHO and university research, the impact of artificial intelligence and other technologies in the classroom, the influence of advanced reactors in nuclear engineering education, and other issues.
Kim, who is an ANS Fellow, is the Captain James F. McCarthy Jr. and Cheryl E. McCarthy Head of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University, in West Lafayette, Ind. He began his 2025–2026 term as NEDHO chair earlier this year. He took over from the previous chair, Sukesh Aghara, professor and director of the Nuclear and Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Massachusetts–Lowell.
T. Elperin, A. Dubi
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 91 | Number 1 | September 1985 | Pages 59-76
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE85-A17128
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Monte Carlo techniques for the calculation of the effective multiplication factor Keff of a nuclear reactor are discussed. A source iteration procedure based on a fixed number of fission points per generation is rigorously analyzed in the framework of the Markov chain corresponding to that procedure. It is shown that the estimated eigenvalue converges asymptotically to the correct eigenvalue of the transport equation and the bias in Keff is bounded by an expression of the form C·N1/2, where N is the number of fission points in each generation and C is a constant depending on the bulk properties of the reactor.
