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ANS Officers

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Meeting Officials, National Program Committee

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Author Index

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Opening Plenary: Nuclear Science and Technology: Managing the Global Impact of Economic and Natural Events

Eric Loewen, Amir Shahkarami, Rahm Emanuel, Michael K. Simpson, Hans-Werner Sinn, Sylvain Costes, Kristine L. Svinicki

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Special Sessions

ANS President's Special Session: Low-Level Radiation and Its Implications for Fukushima Recovery

Kazuaki Matsui, Kiyohiko Sakamoto, Theodore Rockwell, Jerry Cuttler, Ronald Mitchel, Douglas Boreham

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Special Sessions

A Review of Radiation Protection of Patients Received Proton Radiotherapy

Wayne Newhauser, Rui Zhang, Jonas Fontenot

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Accelerator Applications / Accelerators and Detectors Used in Medical Therapy

Advances in Accelerator Technology for Hadron Therapy

Carol J. Johnstone

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Accelerator Applications / Accelerators and Detectors Used in Medical Therapy

Overview of Accelerator Advances in Particle Therapy

George Coutrakon

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Accelerator Applications / Accelerators and Detectors Used in Medical Therapy

Detection Techniques for Fast Neutron Spectroscopy

S. A. Pozzi, K. Ide, M. Becchetti, M. Hamel, J. Polack, A. Poitrasson-Rivière, M. Flaska, S. D. Clarke

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Accelerator Applications / Accelerators and Detectors Used in Medical Therapy

An Assessment of the Readiness of Accelerator and Spallation Target Technology for Accelerator Driven Systems: Report of the DOE ADS Whitepaper Working Group

Stuart Henderson, Eric Pitcher

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Accelerator Applications / Acceleration Applications: General

The Fermilab Project-X: Nuclear Energy Application

Shekhar Mishra, Yousry Gohar

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Accelerator Applications / Acceleration Applications: General

Reliability Analysis of a Proton Linac for ADS Applications

Sampriti Bhattacharyya, Jim Kerby, Aseet Mukherjee, Rama K. Yedavalli

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Accelerator Applications / Acceleration Applications: General

US Spent Nuclear Fuel Inventory Disposal Utilizing Accelerator Driven Systems

Yousry Gohar, Yan Cao

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Accelerator Applications / Acceleration Applications: General

Impact of Different Physics Models in MCNPX Code on the Neutron and Proton Heating in ADS

Basar Sarer, Sümer Sahin, Mehtap Günay

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Accelerator Applications / Acceleration Applications: General

Identifying the Elemental Composition of Dust Particles Using Photon Activation Analysis

Philip L. Cole, Mayir Mamtimin, Christian Segebade

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Accelerator Applications / Acceleration Applications: General

Preliminary Results of a Focusing Beamline for a PETtrace Cyclotron

M. S. Beumer, L. A. Saale, J. M. Gahl, P. J. Pinhero

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Accelerator Applications / Acceleration Applications: General

Review of Modern Dosimetric Modeling Methods of Bracytherapy Sources

Firas Mourtada

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Biology and Medicine / Modeling and Simulation of Brachytherapy Sources and Biology and Medicine: General

Challenges in Clinical Brachytherapy Source Modeling: Going Beyond Schematics

Christopher S. Melhus, Mark J. Rivard

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Biology and Medicine / Modeling and Simulation of Brachytherapy Sources and Biology and Medicine: General

Brachytherapy with a Grid-Based Boltzmann Solver: Sources, Boundaries, Applicators, Heterogeneities

Justin K. Mikell, Firas Mourtada

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Biology and Medicine / Modeling and Simulation of Brachytherapy Sources and Biology and Medicine: General

Investigation of Discrete Ordinates Code for Unsealed Sources in Brachytherapy

Justin K. Mikell, Firas Mourtada

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Biology and Medicine / Modeling and Simulation of Brachytherapy Sources and Biology and Medicine: General

Unstructured Mesh Human Phantoms with MCNP

Casey A. Anderson, Karen C. Kelley, John T. Goorley

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Biology and Medicine / Modeling and Simulation of Brachytherapy Sources and Biology and Medicine: General

Proton CT for Improved Stopping Power Determination in Proton Therapy

Reinhard W. Schulte, Scott N. Penfold

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Biology and Medicine / Proton Imaging Technology for Proton Therapy

Overview of the LLUMC/UCSC/CSUSB Phase 2 Proton CT Project

R. W. Schulte, V. Bashkirov, R. Johnson, H. F.-W. Sadrozinski, K. E. Schubert

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Biology and Medicine / Proton Imaging Technology for Proton Therapy

The Phase I Proton CT Scanner and Test Beam Results at LLUMC

R. F. Hurley, R. W. Schulte, V. A. Bashkirov, G. Coutrakon, H. F.-W. Sadrozinski, B. Patyal

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Biology and Medicine / Proton Imaging Technology for Proton Therapy

Overview of the NIU/Fermilab Phase 2 Proton CT Project

Vishnu Zutshi

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Biology and Medicine / Proton Imaging Technology for Proton Therapy

Theoretical Aspects of Image Reconstruction in Proton Computed Tomography

Bela Erdelyi

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Biology and Medicine / Proton Imaging Technology for Proton Therapy

High-Performance Multiple-CPU/GPU Proton Computed Tomography

George Coutrakon, Kirk Duffin, Bela Erdelyi, Nicholas Karonis, Eric Olson, Caesar Ordoñez, Michael E. Papka, Thomas Uram

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Biology and Medicine / Proton Imaging Technology for Proton Therapy

Fast Superiorization Using a Dual Perturbation Scheme for Proton Computed Tomography

R. Davidi, R. W. Schulte, Y. Censor, L. Xing

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Biology and Medicine / Proton Imaging Technology for Proton Therapy

Measurements of the Prompt Gamma Signal in a Clinical Proton Therapy Environment

Kent J. Riley, Joao Seco, Peter J. Binns

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Biology and Medicine / Proton Imaging Technology for Proton Therapy

Preliminary Results on Lung and Liver Tumor Tracking with Carbon and Proton Radiography

Joao Seco, Maria F. Spadea, Nicolas Depauw, Marta F. Dias, Michael Oumano, Rui Teixeira

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Biology and Medicine / Proton Imaging Technology for Proton Therapy

Preliminary Results of a Scintillating Fibers Detector for Proton Radiography

Nicolas Depauw, Joao Seco

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Biology and Medicine / Proton Imaging Technology for Proton Therapy

Nuclear Technician Education and Training-Panel

Kevin Cooper, Bruce Meffert, Gloria N. Winn, Debra Hagar, James Rzepkowski

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Education, Training, and Workforce Development

Visual Recognition of Objects with Sparse Texture and Specular Reflectivity

Brian O'Neil

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Education, Training, and Workforce Development / Research by U.S. DOE NEUP-Sponsored Students

Construction and Installation of the Colorado School of Mines Neutron Imaging Facility

Aaron E. Craft, Jeffrey C. King

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Education, Training, and Workforce Development / Research by U.S. DOE NEUP-Sponsored Students

A Laser-Based Method for Ultrasonic Characterization of Nuclear Grade Graphites

Lindsey R. Lindamood, James B. Spicer

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Education, Training, and Workforce Development / Research by U.S. DOE NEUP-Sponsored Students

Numerical and Experimental Studies of Heat Transfer Coefficients in a RCCS

D. D. Lisowski, M. H. Anderson, M. L. Corradini

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Education, Training, and Workforce Development / Research by U.S. DOE NEUP-Sponsored Students

Boron Filling of Deep Holes for Solid-State Neutron Detector Applications

Kuan-Chih Huang, Rajendra Dahal, James J.-Q. Lu, Yaron Danon, Ishwara B. Bhat

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Education, Training, and Workforce Development / Research by U.S. DOE NEUP-Sponsored Students

Precursor Derived Nanostructured Si-C-X Materials for Nuclear Applications

Shelly Arreguin, Rajendra K. Bordia

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Education, Training, and Workforce Development / Research by U.S. DOE NEUP-Sponsored Students

Effect of Anisotropy, SIA Orientation and One-Dimensional Migration on Dislocation Bias Calculations in Metals

Dariush Seif, Nasr M. Ghoniem

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Education, Training, and Workforce Development / Research by U.S. DOE NEUP-Sponsored Students

Science in Politics: Getting Scientists Elected-Panel

Maggie DeCarlos, Bill Foster, Monica Metzler

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Education, Training, and Workforce Development / Research by U.S. DOE NEUP-Sponsored Students

Communication Workshop on Nuclear Industry and Women's Issues-Panel

Margaret Harding, Ann Bisconti, Mimi Limbach

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Education, Training, and Workforce Development / Research by U.S. DOE NEUP-Sponsored Students

The University of Tennessee Institute for Nuclear Security

Howard L. Hall

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Education, Training, and Workforce Development / Bridging the Gap Between Technology and Policy in Education and Training-Paper/Panel

Panel Discussion

Melissa Scholz, Jeff Jay, Howard Hall, Tanya Parwani-Jaimes

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Education, Training, and Workforce Development / Bridging the Gap Between Technology and Policy in Education and Training-Paper/Panel

Teaching Across and Through the Curriculum: Enhancing Student Performance in Online Education

Jane LeClair, Chriss R. Miller, James R. (Randy) Fromm

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Education, Training, and Workforce Development / Education, Training, and Workforce Development: General

Teaching Online Nuclear Engineering Courses Improves Your In-Class Teaching

Mark Pierson

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Education, Training, and Workforce Development / Education, Training, and Workforce Development: General

The Continued Evolution of a Revolutionary Curriculum in Nuclear Environmental Engineering

Steven L. Krahn, James H. Clarke, David S. Kosson

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Education, Training, and Workforce Development / Education, Training, and Workforce Development: General

Nuclear Forensic Science Educational Needs - A Student Perspective

Matthew L. Baruzzini, Lily I. Crabtree, Howard L. Hall

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Education, Training, and Workforce Development / Education, Training, and Workforce Development: General

Development of Web Based Thermal-Hydraulics Modules for Nuclear Engineering Minor

Ratan Kumar

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Education, Training, and Workforce Development / Education, Training, and Workforce Development: General

A Simple Educational Tool for In-Core Fuel Management

J. A. Roberts, N. A. Gibson, N. E. Horelik, K. S. Smith

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Education, Training, and Workforce Development / Education, Training, and Workforce Development: General

Design of the U-PANTHER Desktop Nuclear Plant Simulator

Alex M. Schaefer, Samuel J. Dickerson, Larry R. Foulke, Daniel G. Cole, Steven P. Levitan

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Education, Training, and Workforce Development / Education, Training, and Workforce Development: General

Novel Reactor Simulator Using Natural Interfacing

C. Peters, J. Waldman, P. Martin, P. Rua, M. Lui

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Education, Training, and Workforce Development / Education, Training, and Workforce Development: General

Health Effects of Radiation-Panel

Theodore Rockwell, Jerry Cuttler, Kiyohiko Sakamoto, Wade Allison, Ronald Mitchel, Douglas Boreham, Myron Pollycove, Thomas D. Luckey, Edward Calabrese

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Environmental Sciences

Fast Nuclear Fission Technology: Past Experience and IFR - I-Panel

Michael Lineberry, Charles Till, Yoon Chang, William Hannum, John Sackett, Leonard Koch

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Environmental Sciences

Fast Nuclear Fission Technology: IFR - The Path Forward - II-Panel

Ray Hunter, Steve Kirsch, Barry Brook, Tom Blees, Joseph Shuster

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Environmental Sciences

A Comprehensive Radiological and Chemical Risk Assessment of the Open Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Bethany Smith, James H. Clarke, Steven Krahn

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Environmental Sciences / Environmental Sciences: General

A Model Addressing Effect of Growing Oxide Layer on Tritium Permeation in a High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor

Hyung Gon Jin, Hee Cheon No

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Environmental Sciences / Environmental Sciences: General

How Wind Stacks Up to Coal and Nuclear: A Comparison of Life-Cycle Assessments for Coal, Nuclear, and Wind Generation by Vattenfall AB Generation Nordic

Leah Spradley Parks, George S. Taylor

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Environmental Sciences / Environmental Sciences: General

Effect of the Synergistic Biomass-Nuclear Process on the Global Carbon Budget

Masao Hori

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Environmental Sciences / Environmental Sciences: General

Impact of Renewable Electricity Standards on Nuclear Generation

George S. Taylor

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Environmental Sciences / Environmental Sciences: General

Monitoring Plant Conditions with Radio Frequency Devices

Hanchung Tsai, Yung Y. Liu, James Shuler

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Environmental Sciences / Environmental Sciences: General

Gamma Ray Mapping Systems for Ground Surface Characterization

Eduardo B. Farfán, Richard J. Abitz, J. Rusty Coleman

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Environmental Sciences / Environmental Sciences: General

A Model for Recovering Uranium from Scrap Monolithic Uranium Molybdenum Alloy by Electrorefining

M. Van Kleeck, J. Figueroa, R. Blaskovitz, J. Willit, M. Williamson, A. Fentiman

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Development of Advanced Fuel Recycle Methods

The Direct Dissolution and Electrochemical Study of U₃O₈ in Ionic Liquid

Janelle Droessler, Denis Beller, David Hatchett, Ken Czerwinski

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Development of Advanced Fuel Recycle Methods

Possibility of Co-deposition of U and Pu at a Solid Cathode in Pyro-chemical Processing

Jinsuo Zhang

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Development of Advanced Fuel Recycle Methods

Plutonium and Minor Actinide Transmutation Target Fuel Evaluation for PWRs

Jeremy Washington, Jeffrey King, Zeev Shayer

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Development of Advanced Fuel Recycle Methods

Increasing Inert Matrix Fuel Burnup

G. D. Recktenwald, M. R. Deinert

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Development of Advanced Fuel Recycle Methods

Technology Advancement for Recycle of Zirconium from Used Nuclear Fuel Cladding

E. D. Collins, G. D. DelCul, B. B. Spencer, R. R. Brunson, J. A. Johnson

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Used Fuel Component Recycle and Off-Gas Issues

Conceptual Design of a Simplified Head-End Process for the Recycling of Used Nuclear Fuel

Guillermo D. DelCul, Emory D. Collins, Barry B. Spencer, Robert T. Jubin

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Used Fuel Component Recycle and Off-Gas Issues

Utilization of LWR Nuclear Waste Transuranium/Nat-Uranium Mixed Fuel in CANDU Reactors

Sümer Sahin, Rizwan Ahmed, Mohammad Javed Khan

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Used Fuel Component Recycle and Off-Gas Issues

Removal of ¹⁴C from Irradiated Graphite for Waste Volume Reduction and Bulk Graphite Recycle: Thermal Treatment

Tara E. Smith, James Cleaver, Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Used Fuel Component Recycle and Off-Gas Issues

Capture of Iodine by Metal-Organic Frameworks and Subsequent Long-Term Storage into Novel Waste Forms

Dorina F. Sava, Terry J. Garino, Tina M. Nenoff, Karena W. Chapman, Peter J. Chupas

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Used Fuel Component Recycle and Off-Gas Issues

Novel Sorbent Development and Evaluation for the Capture of Krypton from Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Off-Gas Streams

Troy G. Garn, Mitchell R. Greenhalgh, Kristi M. Christensen

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Used Fuel Component Recycle and Off-Gas Issues

Extended Storage and Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel - I-Panel

Kris Banovic, Christine Pineda, Arturo Bevilacqua, Brett W. Carlsen, Sean McDeavitt, Yung Lui

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Used Fuel Component Recycle and Off-Gas Issues

Extended Storage and Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel - II-Panel

John Kessler, Darrell Dunn, Bill Bracey, Mike Billone, Yi-Ming Pan, Ruth Weiner

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Used Fuel Component Recycle and Off-Gas Issues

The United States Support Program: 35 Years of Safeguards Enhancements

Jay Disser, Tyler DeVries-Wallace, Andrew Gross, Jessica Cruz, Jade Patterson, Susan Pepper

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Nuclear Nonproliferation Issues

Aboveground Antineutrino Detectors for Reactor Monitoring and Safeguards

Scott Kiff, Adam Bernstein, Nathaniel Bowden, Belkis Cabrera-Palmer, Steven Dazeley, Greg Keefer, David Reyna

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Nuclear Nonproliferation Issues

Development of Path Search Toolkit for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Applications

Jason Young, Miltiadis Alamaniotis, Rong Gao, Lefteri H. Tsoukalas

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Nuclear Nonproliferation Issues

Incentivizing Timely Detection: Game Theoretic Modeling of Trade-Offs

Rebecca Ward, Erich Schneider

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Nuclear Nonproliferation Issues

Neuro-Fuzzy Methodology for Geospatial and Time Interpolation on Gamma Ray Spectroscopy Data

Austin Grelle, Jason Young, Rong Gao, Lefteri H. Tsoukalas

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Nuclear Nonproliferation Issues

Fuzzy Logic Radio-Isotope Identifier for Gamma Spectra Analysis in Source Search Applications

Miltiadis Alamaniotis, Alexander Heifetz, Apostolos C. Raptis, Lefteri H. Tsoukalas

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Nuclear Nonproliferation Issues

Report on a DOE Nuclear Separations Workshop and the Path Forward

Andrew Griffith, Steven Krahn, Charles Forsberg

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Fuel Cycle and Waste Management: General - I

Update on DOE's Safety and Regulatory Crosscut Work

Bobby D. Middleton, Shawn P. Burns

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Fuel Cycle and Waste Management: General - I

Arizona's Suitability as an Interim Recyclable Fuel Storage Facility Site

Keith E. Holbert, Sheldon L. Trubatch

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Fuel Cycle and Waste Management: General - I

Fuel Cycle Strategies Utilizing Single Isotope Separation

R. Flanagan, E. Schneider

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Fuel Cycle and Waste Management: General - I

A Comparative Study of CANDLE Reactor Based U.S. Nuclear Fuel Cycles

Joseph Graham, Kenneth Dayman, Urairisa Phathanapirom, Kristen McConnell, Brian Epping, Erich Schneider

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Fuel Cycle and Waste Management: General - I

MR Reactor Decommissioning in NRC "Kurchatov Institute": Results of Preparatory Work Phase

V. G. Volkov, A. V. Lemus, S. G. Semenov

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Fuel Cycle and Waste Management: General - II

Irradiation Effects on Actinide Containing U-Pu-Zr Metallic Fuels at Several Burnups

D. Papaioannou, V. V. Rondinella, H. Ohta, T. Ogata, R. Nasyrow, N. Niagolova

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Fuel Cycle and Waste Management: General - II

Building Confidence in LLW Performance Assessments Through Risk Evaluation Analysis

Joseph H. Rustick, Steven L. Krahn, James H. Clarke

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Fuel Cycle and Waste Management: General - II

X-Ray Backscatter Imaging of Nuclear Fuel Rods

John E. Gunning, Jeffery A. Chapman, Larry J. Ott, Daniel F. Hollenbach, Daniel Shedlock

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 237-238

Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Fuel Cycle and Waste Management: General - II

Transformation Enthalpies of Uranium-Zirconium Alloy System

Sangjoon Ahn, Sean M. McDeavitt

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 239-241

Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Fuel Cycle and Waste Management: General - II

Bismuth Impurity Effects on Copper Nuclear Waste Containers

J. A. Neth, T. P. Freiling, P. J. Pinhero

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 242-245

Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Fuel Cycle and Waste Management: General - II

Agent Based Simulation of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

A. M. Yacout, G. Blanchard, T. A. Taiwo

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 249-251

Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Modeling and Simulation in the Fuel Cycle

Modeling Spent Fuel Storage Options in Fuel Cycle Systems Simulation

Samuel Brinton, Mujid Kazimi

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 252-253

Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Modeling and Simulation in the Fuel Cycle

Transient Thermal Modeling of a Deep Borehole Repository

E. A. Bates, J. Buongiorno, E. Baglietto, M. J. Driscoll

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 254-257

Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Modeling and Simulation in the Fuel Cycle

Integrated Software Development for the LILW Evaluation of Management Risk and Radioactivity Inventory

Jong Kuk Lee, Kun Jai Lee, Byeong Soo Kim, Min Chul Song, Seung Young Joung

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 258-259

Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Modeling and Simulation in the Fuel Cycle

Numerical Calibration of an Analytical Generic Nuclear Repository Heat Transfer Model

Kathryn D. Huff, Theodore H. Bauer

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 260-263

Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Modeling and Simulation in the Fuel Cycle

U-Pu-Zr Fuel Properties and Thermal Performance Modeling for Sodium Fast Reactors

Wenzhong Zhou, Cetin Unal

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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management / Modeling and Simulation in the Fuel Cycle

Development of a Neutron Evaporation Theory Code for U-235 Thermal Fission

T. J. Rosener

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 269-270

Isotopes and Radiation / Isotopes and Radiation: General

Experimental Verification of Wavelet Method of Analysis of Neutron Induced Gamma Spectra

Alexander Barzilov, Bruce Kessler, Phillip Womble

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 271-272

Isotopes and Radiation / Isotopes and Radiation: General

Background Spectrum Estimation for Low Count Spectra Using Kernel-Modeled Gaussian Processes

Miltiadis Alamaniotis, Alexander Heifetz, Apostolos C. Raptis, Lefteri H. Tsoukalas

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Isotopes and Radiation / Isotopes and Radiation: General

Enhancement of Nuclide Identification Using Transforms

Charles A. Sparrow, Chun Fu Su

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Isotopes and Radiation / Isotopes and Radiation: General

Analysis of Lanthanum Bromide Spectra for Identification of Depleted Uranium

Chun Fu Su, Charles A. Sparrow, Ronald Unz

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 278-280

Isotopes and Radiation / Isotopes and Radiation: General

Plutonium Holdup Measurement Using Fast Neutron Signatures

Scott D. Kiff, Anagha S. Iyengar

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Isotopes and Radiation / Innovations in Radiation Detectors: New Designs, Improvements, and Applications

Improvements in Extractive Ligands to Enhance Sample Preparation for Alpha Spectrometry

Dominic S. Peterson, Jung H. Rim, Hakim Boukhalfa, Claudine E. Armenta, Edward R. Gonzales, Crystal L. Tulley-Cordova

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 285-286

Isotopes and Radiation / Innovations in Radiation Detectors: New Designs, Improvements, and Applications

Neutron Spectrometry Utilizing Neutron PODs and Source Location Determination

Sy Stange, Douglas R. Mayo, Gary D. Herrera, Anastasia D. McLaughlin, Charles M. Montoya, Becky A. Quihuis, Barbara Stevens, Julio B. Trujillo, Tracy R. Wenz

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 287-288

Isotopes and Radiation / Innovations in Radiation Detectors: New Designs, Improvements, and Applications

High Temperature SiC Alpha-Particle Detectors for Pyroprocessing

Timothy R. Garcia, Ben Reinke, Ashutosh Kumar, Alexandra Zelaski, Thomas E. Blue, Wolfgang Windl

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 289-290

Isotopes and Radiation / Innovations in Radiation Detectors: New Designs, Improvements, and Applications

Comparison of Traditional and Hybrid Dead Time Models for Radiation Detector

M. Yousaf, S. Usman

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Isotopes and Radiation / Innovations in Radiation Detectors: New Designs, Improvements, and Applications

Development of Detector Response Functions for LaBr3 Scintillator

Fusheng Li, Jiaxin Wang, Robin P. Gardner

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 293-294

Isotopes and Radiation / Innovations in Radiation Detectors: New Designs, Improvements, and Applications

Production of ³⁷Ar Through the Irradiation of Ca-Containing Compounds

Christine Egnatuk, Steven Biegalski

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 297-298

Isotopes and Radiation / University Research Reactors and Nuclear Science Programs - I

Neutronic Analysis of the New Penn State Breazeale Reactor Core Design Using MCNP5 Code

D. Uçar, K. Ünlü

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 299-300

Isotopes and Radiation / University Research Reactors and Nuclear Science Programs - I

Thermal-Hydraulics Analysis of the New Penn State Breazeale Reactor Core Design Using ANSYS Fluent Code

D. Uçar, K. Ünlü

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 301-302

Isotopes and Radiation / University Research Reactors and Nuclear Science Programs - I

Advances in Industrial Isotope Production at the Radiation Science and Engineering Center at Penn State University

B. Heidrich, A. Johnsen, K. Ünlü

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 303-304

Isotopes and Radiation / University Research Reactors and Nuclear Science Programs - I

A Literature Review of Potential Low Enrichment U-10wt%Mo Fuel Failures

Z. R. Thacker, P. J. Pinhero

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 305-307

Isotopes and Radiation / University Research Reactors and Nuclear Science Programs - I

Development of Online Reactor Experiments Software at Penn State

D. Sahin, B. Heidrich, K. Ünlü

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 308-309

Isotopes and Radiation / University Research Reactors and Nuclear Science Programs - I

Electron Emission Following ¹⁵⁷Gd Neutron Capture

J. Ralston, P. Kandlakunta, L. Cao

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 313-314

Isotopes and Radiation / University Research Reactors and Nuclear Science Programs - II

Reactor Based Production and Purification of ⁶⁴Cu and ⁶⁷Cu

A. M. Johnsen, C. B. Durrant, B. J. Heidrich, K. Ünlü

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 315-316

Isotopes and Radiation / University Research Reactors and Nuclear Science Programs - II

Neutronic Simulation of Penn State Breazeale Nuclear Reactor Core Using MURE

D. Sahin, K. Ünlü, K. Ivanov

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 317-319

Isotopes and Radiation / University Research Reactors and Nuclear Science Programs - II

Modeling Transient Mechanisms for Penn State Breazeale Nuclear Reactor Core Neutronic Analysis

D. Sahin, K. Ünlü, K. Ivanov

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 320-323

Isotopes and Radiation / University Research Reactors and Nuclear Science Programs - II

A Neutron Beam Monitor for a Neutron Depth Profiling Facility

Praneeth Kandlakunta, Danyal Turkoglu, Padhraic Mulligan, Lei Cao

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 324-325

Isotopes and Radiation / University Research Reactors and Nuclear Science Programs - II

Betavoltaic Batteries from Irradiated Lithium Intercalated Graphite

M. D. Sinclair, P. J. Pinhero, A. K. Wertsching, T. J. Tranter

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 326-328

Isotopes and Radiation / University Research Reactors and Nuclear Science Programs - II

Current Issues in Computational Methods: Experiences with the Legalities of Software Development and Distribution-Roundtable

Kathleen Herrera McDonald, Seth R. Johnson, Wayne Newhauser

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Page 331

Mathematics and Computation

A Residual Monte Carlo Method for Spatially Discrete, Angularly Continuous Radiation Transport

Ryan T. Wollaeger, Jeffery D. Densmore

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 335-338

Mathematics and Computation / Transport Methods

Application of Chord Length Sampling to Analyzing Reactor Systems with Multi-type Multisize Fuel Particles

Chao Liang, Yanheng Li, Wei Ji

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 339-341

Mathematics and Computation / Transport Methods

Incorporation of a Modified Closure in a Monte Carlo Particle Transport Algorithm for Binary Stochastic Media

Patrick S. Brantley

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 342-345

Mathematics and Computation / Transport Methods

Efficient Monte Carlo Solution for Uncertainty Propagation with Stochastic Collocation

Brian C. Franke, Anil K. Prinja

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 346-349

Mathematics and Computation / Transport Methods

A New Source Biasing Approach in ADVANTG

Aaron M. Bevill, Scott W. Mosher

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 350-353

Mathematics and Computation / Transport Methods

Cross Section Recondensation as a Spectral Correction for Non-Fissionable Regions of VHTR Cores

Steven Douglass, Farzad Rahnema

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 354-357

Mathematics and Computation / Transport Methods

An Homotopy Continuation Method Applied to S_N Transport

Nick T. Myers, James S. Warsa, Anil K. Prinja

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 358-361

Mathematics and Computation / Transport Methods

A Moment-Preserving SN Discretization for the One-Dimensional Fokker-Planck Equation

J. S. Warsa, A. K. Prinja

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 362-365

Mathematics and Computation / Transport Methods

On the Evaluation of Ray Effects in Multidimensional and Time-Dependent Transport Problems

A. Barbarino, S. Dulla, P. Ravetto

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 369-371

Mathematics and Computation / Computational Methods and Mathematical Modeling

The Method of Manufactured Solutions for RattleSnake, A S_N Radiation Transport Solver Inside the MOOSE Framework

Frederick N. Gleicher II, Yaqi Wang, Derek Gaston, Richard Martineau

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 372-374

Mathematics and Computation / Computational Methods and Mathematical Modeling

Identification of Unknown Interface Locations in a Source/Shield System Using the Mesh Adaptive Direct Search Method

Jerawan C. Armstrong, Jeffrey A. Favorite

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 375-377

Mathematics and Computation / Computational Methods and Mathematical Modeling

GPU/CUDA-Ready Parallel Monte Carlo Codes for Reactor Analysis and Other Applications

Tianyu Liu, Lin Su, Aiping Ding, Wei Ji, Christopher Carothers, X. George Xu, Forrest Brown

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 378-379

Mathematics and Computation / Computational Methods and Mathematical Modeling

A Parallel Computational Approach to Nuclear Fuel Assembly Simulations

Bobby Philip, Rahul Sampath, Steven P. Hamilton, Mark A. Berrill, Srikanth Allu, Kevin T. Clarno

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 380-383

Mathematics and Computation / Computational Methods and Mathematical Modeling

A Projection Approach for the Immersed Finite Element Method

Angelo Frisani, Yassin A. Hassan

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 384-387

Mathematics and Computation / Computational Methods and Mathematical Modeling

An Adaptive Natural Multigroup for Neutron Slowing Down

N. Terranova, B. D. Ganapol

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 388-391

Mathematics and Computation / Computational Methods and Mathematical Modeling

A Multilevel Methodology for Coupling Neutronics with the Heat Transfer Equation

Apil Tamang, Dmitriy Y. Anistratov

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 395-397

Mathematics and Computation / Transport and Computational Methods

Comparison of Two p Preconditioned GMRES Algorithms for Variational Nodal Multigroup System

Yunzhao Li, E. E. Lewis, Micheal A. Smith

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 398-400

Mathematics and Computation / Transport and Computational Methods

A Novel Krylov Adjoint Method for the Computation of Sensitivities in Eigenvalue Problems

R. T. Evans, D. G. Cacuci

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 401-404

Mathematics and Computation / Transport and Computational Methods

Preconditioning Multiple Right Sides for the Time Dependent Neutron Diffusion Equation

Sebastián González-Pintor, Damian Ginestar, Gumersindo Verdú

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 405-409

Mathematics and Computation / Transport and Computational Methods

Implementing a Discrete Maximum Principle for the IMC Equations

Paul W. Talbot, Allan B. Wollaber, Todd S. Palmer

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 410-411

Mathematics and Computation / Transport and Computational Methods

Temporal Convergence of Coarse Mesh Finite Difference Accelerated Monte Carlo

M. A. Cleveland, T. S. Palmer, S. Apte

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 412-415

Mathematics and Computation / Transport and Computational Methods

Reduced Variance for Material Sources in Implicit Monte Carlo

Todd Urbatsch

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 416-417

Mathematics and Computation / Transport and Computational Methods

A More Implicit Temperature Estimate for the IMC Method of Photon Transport

Alex R. Long, Nick Gentile, Todd Palmer

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 418-421

Mathematics and Computation / Transport and Computational Methods

Using Source Biasing in Implicit Monte Carlo to Reduce Numerical Artifacts and Variance

Alex R. Long, Nick Gentile

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 422-425

Mathematics and Computation / Transport and Computational Methods

Second-Order Sensitivity Analysis of Godiva and Jezebel Experimental Benchmarks

W. C. Proctor, R. T. Evans, D. G. Cacuci

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 429-432

Mathematics and Computation / Uncertainty Quantification, Sensitivity Analysis, and Reduced Order Modeling

Revisiting Boundary Perturbation Theory for Inhomogeneous Transport Equations

Jeffrey A. Favorite

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 433-436

Mathematics and Computation / Uncertainty Quantification, Sensitivity Analysis, and Reduced Order Modeling

Reduced Order Approximations in Uncertainty Analysis of Nuclear Engineering Applications

Oleg Roderick, Mihai Anitescu, Zhu Wang

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 437-438

Mathematics and Computation / Uncertainty Quantification, Sensitivity Analysis, and Reduced Order Modeling

Reduced Order Modeling of the Forward Eigenvalue Problem

Congjian Wang, Hany S. Abdel-Khalik

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 439-441

Mathematics and Computation / Uncertainty Quantification, Sensitivity Analysis, and Reduced Order Modeling

The Zeus Copper/Uranium Critical Experiment at NCERC

Rene Sanchez, David Hayes, Joetta Goda, John Bounds, Kevin Jackman

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 447-449

Nuclear Criticality Safety / Data Analysis in Nuclear Criticality Safety - I

Reverse Engineering the MOX International Standard, ISO/CD 11311, "Critical Values for Homogeneous Plutonium-Uranium Oxide Fuel Mixtures (MOX) Outside of Reactors," Jason E. Huffer (URS Corporation)

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 450-455

Nuclear Criticality Safety / Data Analysis in Nuclear Criticality Safety - I

Criticality Safety Validation of SCALE 6.1 with ENDF/B-VII.0 Libraries

W. J. Marshall, B. T. Rearden

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 456-460

Nuclear Criticality Safety / Data Analysis in Nuclear Criticality Safety - I

Examination of Validation Outlier Cases Using the Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis Tools of SCALE 6.1

B. T. Rearden, W. J. Marshall

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 461-464

Nuclear Criticality Safety / Data Analysis in Nuclear Criticality Safety - I

Investigation of Potential Inadvertent CAAS Actuation at the Y-12 Nuclear Detection and Sensor Testing Center

Peter L. Angelo, James J. Yugo, Dennis A. Tollefson

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 465-468

Nuclear Criticality Safety / Data Analysis in Nuclear Criticality Safety - I

Cross Section Data Benchmarking Using Automated Criticality Benchmarks in MCNP6 and Partisn

Eric Relson, Jeremy Lloyd Conlin, D. Kent Parsons

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 471-474

Nuclear Criticality Safety / Data Analysis in Nuclear Criticality Safety - II

Benchmark Evaluation of GROTESQUE, a Complex Arrangement of HEU Metal Pieces

John D. Bess, Mackenzie L. Gorham

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 475-478

Nuclear Criticality Safety / Data Analysis in Nuclear Criticality Safety - II

Radiation Damage to Neutron Absorber Materials for Cask Spent Fuel Storage

Benjamin Baranko

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 479-482

Nuclear Criticality Safety / Data Analysis in Nuclear Criticality Safety - II

Comparison Between GEMER and MCNP5 in Stochastic Geometry Modeling of Heterogeneous Fissile Media for Criticality Computations

Qi Ao

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 483-486

Nuclear Criticality Safety / Data Analysis in Nuclear Criticality Safety - II

Comparison of HEU Measurements Using Measured and Simulated Data

J. Hutchinson, A. Sood, W. Myers, M. Smith-Nelson, D. Dinwiddie

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 487-489

Nuclear Criticality Safety / Data Analysis in Nuclear Criticality Safety - II

An Evaluation of Monte Carlo Simulations of Neutron Multiplicity Measurements of Plutonium Metal

John Mattingly, Eric Miller, C. J. Solomon, Ben Dennis, Amy Meldrum, Shaun Clarke, Sara Pozzi

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 490-493

Nuclear Criticality Safety / Data Analysis in Nuclear Criticality Safety - II

Methods for Detector Placement and Analysis of Criticality Accident Alarm Systems

Douglas E. Peplow, Larry L. Wetzel

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 497-500

Nuclear Criticality Safety / Advancing Criticality Safety Capabilities in a Growing Nuclear World

Continuous-S(,) Capability in MCNP

Jeremy Lloyd Conlin, D. Kent Parsons, Forrest B. Brown, Robert E. MacFarlane, Robert C. Little, Morgan C. White

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 501-504

Nuclear Criticality Safety / Advancing Criticality Safety Capabilities in a Growing Nuclear World

The Double Contingency Principle and Subcriticality Revisited

Christopher S. Tripp, Dennis C. Morey

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 505-507

Nuclear Criticality Safety / Advancing Criticality Safety Capabilities in a Growing Nuclear World

Continuous-Estimator Representation for Monte Carlo Criticality Diagnostics

Brian C. Kiedrowski, Forrest B. Brown

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 508-511

Nuclear Criticality Safety / Advancing Criticality Safety Capabilities in a Growing Nuclear World

Evaluation of Computing c-Eigenvalues with Monte Carlo

Brian C. Kiedrowski

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 512-515

Nuclear Criticality Safety / Advancing Criticality Safety Capabilities in a Growing Nuclear World

Benchmarking Experiments for Criticality Safety and Reactor Physics Applications - I-Panel

John Bess, David Hayes, Dick McKnight, Jim Gulliford, Fitz Trumble, Skip Kahler

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Page 516

Nuclear Criticality Safety / Advancing Criticality Safety Capabilities in a Growing Nuclear World

Benchmarking Experiments for Criticality Safety and Reactor Physics Applications - II-Tutorial

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Page 517

Nuclear Criticality Safety / Advancing Criticality Safety Capabilities in a Growing Nuclear World

Nuclear Criticality Safety Standards-Forum

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Page 518

Nuclear Criticality Safety / Advancing Criticality Safety Capabilities in a Growing Nuclear World

Reliability Modeling of Passive Systems Under Multiple Failure Processes

Luciano Burgazzi

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 523-524

Nuclear Installations Safety / Emerging Issues in Nuclear Facility Safety

Short Term Analysis of MSLB for PWR Type Containment

Liang-Cheng Huang, Zhen-Yu Hung, Yuh-Ming Ferng, Chun-Kuan Shih, Bau-Shi Pei

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 525-526

Nuclear Installations Safety / Emerging Issues in Nuclear Facility Safety

Radionuclides for Unique Identification of Nuclear Fuel from Fabrication to Grave

Aaron Peterson, Ayodeji B. Alajo

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 527-528

Nuclear Installations Safety / Emerging Issues in Nuclear Facility Safety

A Mechanism of Concrete Degradation in Reactor Concrete Structures from Groundwater Infiltration

Brooke Traynham

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 529-532

Nuclear Installations Safety / Emerging Issues in Nuclear Facility Safety

Analyses of Data from the KATE-FIRE Kerite® Cable Tests

Raymond H. V. Gallucci

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 535-537

Nuclear Installations Safety / Current Fire Research Activities: Strengthening Safety Through Research

Uncertainty Analysis of Input Parameters in Fire Modeling Using Fire Dynamic Simulator

Dae Il Kang, Kilyoo Kim, JongSeuk Park

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 538-539

Nuclear Installations Safety / Current Fire Research Activities: Strengthening Safety Through Research

Dynamic Considerations in the Performance of Fire PRA

Matthew Bucknor, Richard Denning, Tunc Aldemir

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 540-542

Nuclear Installations Safety / Current Fire Research Activities: Strengthening Safety Through Research

I&C Modeling in SPAR Models

Zhegang Ma, John A. Schroeder

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 545-548

Nuclear Installations Safety / Nuclear Installations Safety: General

MELCOR Model of the Spent Fuel Pool of Fukushima Dai-ichi Unit 4

Juan J. Carbajo

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 549-551

Nuclear Installations Safety / Nuclear Installations Safety: General

MELCOR Sensitivity Study for a PWR Containment

Juan J. Carbajo

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 552-554

Nuclear Installations Safety / Nuclear Installations Safety: General

Unreviewed Safety Question Analysis for the New Neutron Imaging Facility at the USGS TRIGA Reactor

Aaron E. Craft, Jeffrey C. King, Tim M. Debey

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 555-558

Nuclear Installations Safety / Nuclear Installations Safety: General

Fracture Toughness Analysis for Different Materials with Leak-Before-Break Applications

Odilon Rodrigues Filho, John C. Lee

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 559-560

Nuclear Installations Safety / Nuclear Installations Safety: General

Blackstone: An Irradiation Project for AGR Life Time Extension

S. C. van der Marck, O. Wouters

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 563-566

Nuclear Installations Safety / Irradiation Assisted Degradation of Reactor Vessel Internals/NRC-Sponsored Environmentally Assisted Fatigue Research Activities

Ligament Rupture and Burst Pressures of Flawed SG U-bends

Chi Bum Bahn, Saurin Majumdar

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 567-568

Nuclear Installations Safety / Irradiation Assisted Degradation of Reactor Vessel Internals/NRC-Sponsored Environmentally Assisted Fatigue Research Activities

Cracking Behavior of Irradiated 316-Ti Stainless Steel in Simulated LWR Environments

Y. Chen, B. Alexandreanu, K. Natesan, A. S. Rao

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 569-570

Nuclear Installations Safety / Irradiation Assisted Degradation of Reactor Vessel Internals/NRC-Sponsored Environmentally Assisted Fatigue Research Activities

Generic Issue 199, "Implications of Updated Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Estimates in Central and Eastern United States on Existing Plants"-Panel

Jon Ake, Norman Abrahamson, Gregory S. Hardy, Kimberly A. Keithline, Robert J. Budnitz

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Page 571

Nuclear Installations Safety / Irradiation Assisted Degradation of Reactor Vessel Internals/NRC-Sponsored Environmentally Assisted Fatigue Research Activities

Update on NQA-1: Quality Assurance Requirements for Nuclear Facility Applications-Panel

Douglas A. Brown, Gustave Danielson, Ronald C. Schrotke, Jr., Charles R. Martin

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Page 572

Nuclear Installations Safety / Irradiation Assisted Degradation of Reactor Vessel Internals/NRC-Sponsored Environmentally Assisted Fatigue Research Activities

Solving the Spent Fuel Dilemma-Panel

Ann Bisconti, Pierre Oneid, Adam Levin, Robert Capstick, Phillip Niedzielski-Eichner

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Page 575

Operations and Power

New Nuclear Construction Around the World Status Report-Panel

Doug Walters, Jiang Hong

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Page 576

Operations and Power

Fukushima: Evaluation and Impacts-Panel

Gary Pavis, James Lyons, Chuck Casto

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Page 577

Operations and Power

A Three-Component Model on Gas Transport in a Defective Fuel Rod

Wenfeng Liu, Joe Rashid, Suresh Yagnik

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 581-583

Operations and Power / Operations and Power: General

Recovery of Damaged Components in Reactor Vessel of the Experimental Fast Reactor Joyo

Takafumi Aoyama, Yukimoto Maeda, Takayoshi Kobayashi

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 584-585

Operations and Power / Operations and Power: General

Statistic Trend Analysis of Incidents and Failures Focused on Commissioning Stage of KSNP

Il S. Lee, Sang J. Kim, Dong W. Choi, Koo H. Bae, Durk H. Lee

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 586-587

Operations and Power / Operations and Power: General

The Advanced Test Reactor National Scientific User Facility

T. R. Allen, J. B. Benson, J. I. Cole, C. J. Knight, F. M. Marshall, M. C. Thelen

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 588-589

Operations and Power / Operations and Power: General

Licensing and Design of Mixed Cores for US Light Water Cooled Reactors

Mathew M. Panicker

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 590-591

Operations and Power / Operations and Power: General

IRWST Elevation Design for Passive ECCS and IVR Strategy

Sang Ho Kim, Soon Heung Chang

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Page 592

Operations and Power / Operations and Power: General

Initial Split-Flow Operations of a Supercritical-CO₂ Recompression Brayton Cycle

Thomas Conboy, James Pasch, Darryn Fleming

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 593-596

Operations and Power / Operations and Power: General

Analysis of Supercritical CO₂ Brayton Cycles for Pertinent Compressor Inlet Conditions

Woo Seok Jeong, Yong Hoon Jeong

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 597-598

Operations and Power / Operations and Power: General

Update on Emergency Preparedness and Planning Post-Fukushima-Panel

Kevin Williams, Carl Mazzola, Jim Riley

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Page 599

Operations and Power / Operations and Power: General

The Business Case for Islanded Small Modular Reactors

Charles W. Hess

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Page 603

Operations and Power / SMR: Progression and Status

Progress on Privately Funded Energy Multiplier Module (EM²) Program

Hangbok Choi, Robert W. Schleicher, Christina Back, Puja Gupta

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 604-605

Operations and Power / SMR: Progression and Status

Westinghouse SMR Program Progress

Emily Tavrides

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Page 606

Operations and Power / SMR: Progression and Status

Simulator Assisted Design for a Multi-Module Small Modular Reactor Plant

Charles Weaver, Connie Bazley, Steve Blomgren, Edward Wallace, David Leaver

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 607-608

Operations and Power / SMR: Progression and Status

High Sensitive and Reliable FFDL Technique for Monju Using Laser Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry

Takafumi Aoyama, Takashi Ishikawa, Chikara Ito, Yoshihiro Iwata, Hideki Harano

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 611-613

Operations and Power / Advanced Reactors

In-Situ Performance of Optical Fibers Heated to 600°C During Gamma Irradiation

David Hawn, Chris Petrie, Thomas E. Blue, Wolfgang Windl

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 614-615

Operations and Power / Advanced Reactors

In-Situ Performance of Silica Optical Fibers Heated to 1000°C

Chris Petrie, David Hawn, Thomas E. Blue, Wolfgang Windl

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 616-617

Operations and Power / Advanced Reactors

PARFUME Modeling Status Update

William F. Skerjanc, John T. Maki, David A. Petti

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 618-621

Operations and Power / Advanced Reactors

ADS Windowless Spallation Target Design: An Experimental and Computational Approach

L. C. De Giorgi, M. De Salve, B. Panella

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 622-625

Operations and Power / Advanced Reactors

3D In-Core Monitoring in Advanced Reactor Environments

Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Shannon M. Bragg-Sitton, Jesse M. Johns, Matthew P. Johnson

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 626-627

Operations and Power / Advanced Reactors

Simulations of Dynamics and Control of Advanced Reactor Systems Using Artificial Neural Networks

Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Milos Manic, Piyush Sabharwall

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 628-629

Operations and Power / Advanced Reactors

Full-Core Coupled Neutronic/Thermal-Hydraulic Model of Innovative Lead-Cooled Fast Reactors

R. Bonifetto, S. Dulla, P. Ravetto, L. Savoldi Richard, R. Zanino

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 630-632

Operations and Power / Advanced Reactors

The Conceptual Design of Integrated Passive Safety System

Soon Heung Chang, Sang Ho Kim, Jae Young Choi, Ju Hyung Lee, Sung Yeop Joung

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Page 633

Operations and Power / Advanced Reactors

Radiation Protection and Shielding-Roundtable

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Page 637

Radiation Protection and Shielding

Verification of the Local Monte Carlo Modeling Approach for Fusion Neutronics Applications in ITER

A. Serikov, U. Fischer, D. Leichtle, C. S. Pitcher, A. Suarez

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 641-644

Radiation Protection and Shielding / Radiation Protection and Shielding: General

Overview on SNS Beam Lines Shielding Analyses

I. Popova, P. D. Ferguson, F. X. Gallmeier, E. B. Iverson, Wei Lu, I. Remec

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 645-647

Radiation Protection and Shielding / Radiation Protection and Shielding: General

A Database for Effective Dose from External Photon Exposures Using Voxel Phantoms and ICRP 103

Lin Su, X. George Xu

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 648-649

Radiation Protection and Shielding / Radiation Protection and Shielding: General

Transformational Nuclear Particle Sensors - Prediction of Detection Thresholds in Tensioned Metastable Fluids

T. F. Grimes, B. Archambault, J. A. Webster, A. Mosier, R. P. Taleyarkhan

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 650-651

Radiation Protection and Shielding / Radiation Protection and Shielding: General

Portable Neutron Sensors for Emergency Response Operations

Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay, Ryan Detweiler, Richard Maurer

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 652-655

Radiation Protection and Shielding / Radiation Protection and Shielding: General

Uncollided Surface and Cell Tallies in Monte Carlo Codes

Jeffrey A. Favorite

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 659-661

Radiation Protection and Shielding / Computational Tools for Radiation Protection and Shielding

MCNP6 Cosmic-Source Option

G. W. McKinney, H. J. Armstrong, M. R. James, J. M. Clem, P. Goldhagen

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 662-665

Radiation Protection and Shielding / Computational Tools for Radiation Protection and Shielding

MCNP6 Fission Multiplicity

T. Wilcox, M. L. Fensin, J. S. Hendricks, M. R. James, G. W. McKinney

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 666-668

Radiation Protection and Shielding / Computational Tools for Radiation Protection and Shielding

Validating Scale6.1/MAVRIC with Two Reactor Pressure Vessel Dosimetry Benchmarks

Timothy Flaspoehler, Bojan Petrovic

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 669-671

Radiation Protection and Shielding / Computational Tools for Radiation Protection and Shielding

Reactor Pressure Vessel Neutron Exposure Monitoring-Tutorial

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Page 672

Radiation Protection and Shielding / Computational Tools for Radiation Protection and Shielding

MCNP/MCNPX Tutorial for Homeland Security

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Page 673

Radiation Protection and Shielding / Computational Tools for Radiation Protection and Shielding

Current Capabilities, Issues in LWR Core Design and Reactor Engineering Support-Panel

David Orr, Brandon Catalanotto, James Tusar, Kim Medved, Michael Blom

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Page 677

Reactor Physics

Challenges in HTGR Modeling and Simulation

Hans D. Gougar

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 681-684

Reactor Physics / Characterization and Applications of Advanced Reactors and Fuels

Improvement of DeCART Depletion Calculation for VHTR Fuel Elements

Hyun Chul Lee, Ser Gi Hong, Tae Young Han, Jin Young Cho, Chang Keun Jo, Jae Man Noh

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 685-688

Reactor Physics / Characterization and Applications of Advanced Reactors and Fuels

A Neutronics Feasibility Study of Using FCM on a LWR

Chang Keun Jo, Jongwha Chang, F. Venneri

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 689-691

Reactor Physics / Characterization and Applications of Advanced Reactors and Fuels

Preliminary Evaluation of Burnable Poisons in Uranium-Based Fully Ceramic Microencapsulated Fuel for PWRs

Nathan George, G. Ivan Maldonado, Kurt A. Terrani, Andrew Godfrey, Jess C. Gehin

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 692-694

Reactor Physics / Characterization and Applications of Advanced Reactors and Fuels

²³³U Production by Fusion Driven Systems Using Slurry Fuel Carrier

Alberto Talamo, Yousry Gohar

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 695-696

Reactor Physics / Characterization and Applications of Advanced Reactors and Fuels

Study of Space-Time Evolution of Flux in a Long-Life Traveling Wave Reactor

Rijan Shrestha, Rizwan-uddin

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 697-699

Reactor Physics / Characterization and Applications of Advanced Reactors and Fuels

A Large-Scale Sodium Loop for Coupling to the Sandia National Laboratories S-CO₂ Brayton Cycle

Bobby D. Middleton, Thomas M. Conboy

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 700-702

Reactor Physics / Characterization and Applications of Advanced Reactors and Fuels

A Doppler Broadening and Monte Carlo Coupling Code for Temperature-Dependent Problems

Songyang Li, Kan Wang, Ganglin Yu

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 705-707

Reactor Physics / Reactor Analysis Methods - I

Progress with On-The-Fly Neutron Doppler Broadening in MCNP

Forrest B. Brown, William R. Martin, Gokhan Yesilyurt, Scott Wilderman

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 708-710

Reactor Physics / Reactor Analysis Methods - I

Verification and Validation of Multigroup Cross Section Generation Code MC²-3 for Fast Reactor System

C. H. Lee, W. S. Yang

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 711-714

Reactor Physics / Reactor Analysis Methods - I

Analysis of Erbia-Loaded Critical Experiments in KUCA Using AEGIS Cross Section Library

Akio Yamamoto, Tomohiro Endo, Xiaofei Wu

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 715-718

Reactor Physics / Reactor Analysis Methods - I

Comparison of Scattering Cross-Sections by MCNP5 and TRANSX/TWODANT Codes in Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor

Sunghwan Yun, Yonghee Kim, Jaewoon Yoo, Sang Ji Kim

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 719-722

Reactor Physics / Reactor Analysis Methods - I

SCALE Continuous-Energy Monte Carlo Depletion with Parallel KENO in TRITON

S. Goluoglu, K. B. Bekar, D. Wiarda

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 723-725

Reactor Physics / Reactor Analysis Methods - I

Integrated Radiation Transport and Thermo-Mechanics Simulation of a PWR Assembly

K. T. Clarno, S. P. Hamilton, B. Philip, R. Sampath, S. Allu, M. A. Berrill, P. Barai, J. E. Banfield

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 726-731

Reactor Physics / Reactor Analysis Methods - I

Discrete Ordinate Calculation of the k-Eigenvalue of an IFBA Pin Using Unstructured Meshes in 2D

Massimiliano Rosa, James S. Warsa, Jae H. Chang, Randal S. Baker

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 732-735

Reactor Physics / Reactor Analysis Methods - I

Development and Comparison of High Flux Isotope Reactor Actinide Target Models

Susan Hogle, G. Ivan Maldonado, Charles Alexander

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 736-738

Reactor Physics / Reactor Analysis Methods - I

A 3D Neutron Transport Calculation Method for ITER Test Blanket Module

Liangzhi Cao, Guangchun Zhang, Hongchun Wu, Youqi Zheng

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 741-742

Reactor Physics / Reactor Analysis Methods - II

Kinetic Calculation Method in Space-Time Frame Using Characteristic Line

Kosuke Tsujita, Tomohiro Endo, Akio Yamamoto

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 743-746

Reactor Physics / Reactor Analysis Methods - II

Calculation of Incremental Control Rod Reactivity Worth Using COMET

Kevin John Connolly, Farzad Rahnema

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 747-749

Reactor Physics / Reactor Analysis Methods - II

Parallel Iterative Method for Solving the Continuous Energy Slowing-Down Equations

Yuxuan Liu, Yunlin Xu, William R. Martin

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 750-753

Reactor Physics / Reactor Analysis Methods - II

A Quadrature Set for a Characteristics-Based Response Matrix Method

J. A. Roberts, B. Forget

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 754-756

Reactor Physics / Reactor Analysis Methods - II

Evaluation of Indirect Effect in Sensitivity Coefficients by SAINT-II

Masahiro Kimura, Takanori Kitada

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 757-758

Reactor Physics / Reactor Analysis Methods - II

High-Order Response Moments for Model Uncertainty Quantification and Validation

C. Latten, D. G. Cacuci

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 759-762

Reactor Physics / Reactor Analysis Methods - II

Application of GPT-Free Method to Sensitivity Analysis in Monte Carlo Models

Zeyun Wu, Chris B. Kennedy, Hany S. Abdel-Khalik

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 763-766

Reactor Physics / Reactor Analysis Methods - II

Two-Block Decomposition of Nuclide Concentration Vector for Efficient and Accurate Depletion Calculations

Yoonhee Lee, Nam Zin Cho

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 767-770

Reactor Physics / Reactor Analysis Methods - II

Release of the ENDF/B-VII.1 Evaluated Nuclear Data File

David Brown

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 773-776

Reactor Physics / ENDF/B-VII.1: Data Measurements, Evaluation, Processing, and Initial Experience

Decay Data Sub-library Developed for ENDF/B-VII.1

T. D. Johnson, E. A. McCutchan, A. A. Sonzogni

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 777-778

Reactor Physics / ENDF/B-VII.1: Data Measurements, Evaluation, Processing, and Initial Experience

High Resolution and Accuracy Cross Section Measurements in the Energy Range 0.5 to 20 MeV at the RPI LINAC

Michael Rapp, Devin Barry, Robert Block, Greg Leinweber, Yaron Danon

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 779-783

Reactor Physics / ENDF/B-VII.1: Data Measurements, Evaluation, Processing, and Initial Experience

ORNL Resonance Evaluation for ENDF/B-VII.1

L. C. Leal, K. H. Guber, D. Wiarda, G. Arbanas, M. E. Dunn

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 784-785

Reactor Physics / ENDF/B-VII.1: Data Measurements, Evaluation, Processing, and Initial Experience

ICSBEP Criticality Benchmark Eigenvalues with ENDF/B-VII.1 Cross Sections

A. C. Kahler, R. E. MacFarlane

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 786-788

Reactor Physics / ENDF/B-VII.1: Data Measurements, Evaluation, Processing, and Initial Experience

Benchmarking ENDF/B-VII.1, JENDL-4.0 and JEFF-3.1.1 with MCNP6

Steven C. van der Marck

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 789-791

Reactor Physics / ENDF/B-VII.1: Data Measurements, Evaluation, Processing, and Initial Experience

Benchmark Testing of the ENDF/B-VII.1 Nuclear Data Library

Timothy H. Trumbull

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 792-795

Reactor Physics / ENDF/B-VII.1: Data Measurements, Evaluation, Processing, and Initial Experience

Uncertainty Quantification in Monte Carlo Criticality Calculations with ENDF/B-VII.1 Covariance Data

Ho Jin Park, Hyung Jin Shim, Chang Hyo Kim

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 796-797

Reactor Physics / ENDF/B-VII.1: Data Measurements, Evaluation, Processing, and Initial Experience

Analysis of Doppler Reactivity Defect Benchmarks with Subgroup Data Generation Procedure by Conserving Self-Shielded Cross Sections

Aung Tharn Daing, Myung-Hyun Kim, Han-Gyu Joo

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 798-800

Reactor Physics / ENDF/B-VII.1: Data Measurements, Evaluation, Processing, and Initial Experience

Role of Experimental Correlations for Validation of Neutron Cross-Sections Libraries

Evgeny Ivanov

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 801-802

Reactor Physics / ENDF/B-VII.1: Data Measurements, Evaluation, Processing, and Initial Experience

Development of IDAT: IRPhE Database and Analysis Tool

Ian Hill, Jim Gulliford, Nicolas Soppera, Manuel Bossant, Akifumi Yamaji

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 805-807

Reactor Physics / Reactor Physics Design, Validation, and Operating Experience

Status of Validating Core-Reload and Safety Analysis of the Advanced Test Reactor Using HELIOS

Samuel Bays, Emily Swain, Douglas Crawford

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 808-810

Reactor Physics / Reactor Physics Design, Validation, and Operating Experience

MCNP5 Version 1.60 Adjoint-Weighted Kinetics Parameters Option Validation in ATR

G. S. Chang

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 811-812

Reactor Physics / Reactor Physics Design, Validation, and Operating Experience

A Preliminary Comparison of MCNP6 Delayed Neutron Emission from ²³⁵U and Experimental Measurements

M. T. Sellers, J. T. Goorley, E. C. Corcoran, D. G. Kelly

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 813-816

Reactor Physics / Reactor Physics Design, Validation, and Operating Experience

Determination of Hot Channel of Missouri S&T Nuclear Reactor

K. O'Bryant, S. Sipaun, S. Usman, C. H. Castano, A. Alajo

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 817-818

Reactor Physics / Reactor Physics Design, Validation, and Operating Experience

Relicensing Analysis for the Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor

Nicolas Shugart, Jeffrey King

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 819-823

Reactor Physics / Reactor Physics Design, Validation, and Operating Experience

KIPT Neutron Source Facility Configuration Using Beryllium-Graphite Reflector

Zhaopeng Zhong, Yousry Gohar

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 824-825

Reactor Physics / Reactor Physics Design, Validation, and Operating Experience

Conceptual Design of a Small Nuclear Reactor for NTD-Si Using Short PWR Fuel Assemblies

Byambajav Munkhbat, Toru Obara

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 826-829

Reactor Physics / Reactor Physics Design, Validation, and Operating Experience

Traveling Wave Reactor Core Design Using Massively Parallel Precomputation

Robert Petroski, Jesse Cheatham, Pavel Hejzlar, Gary Povirk, Philip Schloss, Chuck Whitmer

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 830-833

Reactor Physics / Reactor Physics Design, Validation, and Operating Experience

Preliminary Design of a FHR Test Reactor Core

Madicken Munk, Anselmo T. Cisneros, Ehud Greenspan, Per F. Peterson

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 834-835

Reactor Physics / Reactor Physics Design, Validation, and Operating Experience

Reconciliation of Anomalous TMI-1 Radiochemical Assays

Brian E. Mays, Claude W. Mays [AREVA (Retired)], Joseph J. Sapyta [Babcock & Wilcox (Retired)]

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 836-838

Reactor Physics / Reactor Physics Design, Validation, and Operating Experience

IAEA Support of Research Reactor HEU to LEU Fuel Conversion

P. Adelfang, E. Bradley, R. Sollychin

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 841-844

Reactor Physics / Experiences and Challenges in RERTR Core Redesign

Design of a Low-Enriched Uranium Fuel for the High Flux Isotope Reactor - Reactor Physics Analyses

Germina Ilas, Trent Primm, David Renfro

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 845-848

Reactor Physics / Experiences and Challenges in RERTR Core Redesign

Neutronic Modeling of the MIT Reactor LEU Conversion

Erik H. Wilson, Nicholas E. Horelik, Aurélien Bergeron, Thomas H. Newton, Jr., Floyd Dunn, Lin-wen Hu, John G. Stevens

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 849-852

Reactor Physics / Experiences and Challenges in RERTR Core Redesign

Analysis of the Reactor Physics of Low-Enrichment Fuel for the INL Advanced Test Reactor in Support of RERTR

Mark DeHart, William Skerjanc, Sean Morrell

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 853-856

Reactor Physics / Experiences and Challenges in RERTR Core Redesign

Qualifying the Codes and Methodologies Used for the Evaluation of the BR2 Core Maximum Nominal Heat Flux

B. Dionne, C. P. Tzanos, A. P. Olson, J. G. Stevens, S. Kalcheva, G. Van den Branden, E. Koonen

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 857-860

Reactor Physics / Experiences and Challenges in RERTR Core Redesign

Additional Benchmark Evaluation of the NRAD Reactor LEU Core Conversion

John D. Bess, Margaret A. Marshall

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 861-864

Reactor Physics / Experiences and Challenges in RERTR Core Redesign

Prompt Neutron Lifetime for the NBSR Reactor

A. L. Hanson, D. J. Diamond

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 865-868

Reactor Physics / Experiences and Challenges in RERTR Core Redesign

Effects of Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) HEU to LEU Conversion on One-Group ORIGEN 2.2 Cross-Section Library

C. R. Glass, G. S. Chang

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 869-871

Reactor Physics / Experiences and Challenges in RERTR Core Redesign

Effect of Lateral Conduction on the Azimuthal Distribution of Heat Flux in the Hot Plate of a Research Reactor

Constantine P. Tzanos, John Stillman

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 872-874

Reactor Physics / Experiences and Challenges in RERTR Core Redesign

Selection and Application of Dosimetry Cross Sections for Nuclear Applications

Patrick J. Griffin, Curtis D. Peters, David W. Vehar

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 877-880

Reactor Physics / Research Applications of Neutron Spectrometry and Dosimetry

The Role of the Prior Covariance Matrix in Least-Squares Neutron Spectrum Adjustment

John G. Williams

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 881-883

Reactor Physics / Research Applications of Neutron Spectrometry and Dosimetry

Best-Estimate Model Calibration Through First-Order Experimental Data Assimilation with Applications to Neutron Transport via Denovo

W. C. Proctor, R. T. Evans, D. G. Cacuci

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 884-887

Reactor Physics / Research Applications of Neutron Spectrometry and Dosimetry

Neutron Dosimetry in Containment at the Dominion Kewaunee Power Station

N. E. Hertel, D. P. Blaylock, W. D. Kulp, T. Liang, T. Cahill, C. Olson, R. Adams

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 888-889

Reactor Physics / Research Applications of Neutron Spectrometry and Dosimetry

Validation Protocols to Support the Neutronics Modeling, Simulation, and V&V Upgrade for the Advanced Test Reactor

David W. Nigg, Joseph W. Nielsen, Gene K. Taylor

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 890-893

Reactor Physics / Research Applications of Neutron Spectrometry and Dosimetry

The p-D₂O Generator Neutron Spectrum Determination by Multi-foil Activation Method

Milan Stefanik, Pavel Bem, Karel Katovsky

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 894-896

Reactor Physics / Research Applications of Neutron Spectrometry and Dosimetry

Test Fidelity at Research Reactors

T. Michael Flanders, Mary Helen Sparks, David W. Vehar, Patrick J. Griffin

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 897-899

Reactor Physics / Research Applications of Neutron Spectrometry and Dosimetry

Thermal Neutron Scattering Cross Sections for Reactor-Grade Graphite

A. I. Hawari, V. H. Gillette

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 903-904

Reactor Physics / Reactor Physics: General

Beamline Model Validation Through Flux Profile and Neutron Activation Measurements at the Neutron Radiography (NRAD) Reactor

Sarah W. Morgan, Jeffrey C. King, Chad L. Pope

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 905-908

Reactor Physics / Reactor Physics: General

Particle Tracking Development for a Fission Time Projection Chamber

Verena Kleinrath

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 909-911

Reactor Physics / Reactor Physics: General

An Analysis of the Antineutrino Rate During CANDU Reactor Startup

Topher Matthews, Todd S. Palmer

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 912-914

Reactor Physics / Reactor Physics: General

Reconsideration of Inherent Neutron Sources in Liquid Fuel of Molten Salt Reactors

Walter Powell, Lei Cao

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 915-918

Reactor Physics / Reactor Physics: General

Numerical Simulation of the Two Phase Flow and Investigation of the Induced Neutron Noise

V. Dykin, I. Pázsit

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 919-921

Reactor Physics / Reactor Physics: General

A Mechanistic Approach to Iodine-Influenced Stress Corrosion Cracking (ISCC)

Matthew L. Rossi, Christopher D. Taylor

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 922-926

Reactor Physics / Reactor Physics: General

Heater Controller Module for Simulating Reactivity Feedback

David Ames, Tom Conboy

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 927-930

Reactor Physics / Reactor Physics: General

Development of Reactor Core Neutronics and Thermal Physics for the U-PANTHER Simulator

Jesse S. Randall, Venugopal M. P. Nair, Larry R. Foulke, Steven P. Levitan, Daniel G. Cole

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 931-934

Reactor Physics / Reactor Physics: General

Stack Characterization System Development - Status and Path Forward

M. W. Noakes, R. F. Lind, P. D. Lloyd, J. C. Rowe

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 939-942

Robotics and Remote Systems / Robotics and Remote Systems: General

COINS: A New Computer Assisted Method for Non Destructive Rod Analysis

Fabrice Rocchiccioli, Kristopher P. Zanotto

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 943-944

Robotics and Remote Systems / Robotics and Remote Systems: General

Statistics and Discrete-Event Modeling of Remote Operations with a TRU Pipe Connector

Reid Kress

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 945-946

Robotics and Remote Systems / Robotics and Remote Systems: General

Needs for Robotic Assessments of Nuclear Disasters

Victor Walker, Derek Wadsworth

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 947-948

Robotics and Remote Systems / Robotics and Remote Systems: General

Tube Sheet Runner (TSR) PWR Steam Generator Inspection Manipulator

Fran Jarnjak, Domagoj Liebl, Ivan Grga

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 949-950

Robotics and Remote Systems / Robotics and Remote Systems: General

Advanced Manufacturing Concepts Using Hybrid Laser Welding

T. R. McJunkin, D. E. Clark, D. C. Kunerth

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 951-952

Robotics and Remote Systems / Robotics and Remote Systems: General

Spectral Analysis of Turbulent Bubbly Flows Based on Direct Numerical Simulation

Nathan Sydlik, Igor A. Bolotnov

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 957-959

Thermal Hydraulics / General Two-Phase Flow

An Experimental Study on Downward Flow Onset of Flow Instability for Narrow Rectangular Channels in a Pool

Ju Hyung Lee, Sub Lee Song, Soon Heung Chang

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 960-961

Thermal Hydraulics / General Two-Phase Flow

3-D Simulation of Rising Bubble in a Viscous Liquid Using the Lattice Boltzmann Method

Junsoo Yoo, Shin K. Kang, Yassin A. Hassan

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 962-964

Thermal Hydraulics / General Two-Phase Flow

PWR Core Analysis with COBRA-TF/PARCSv2.7 Coupled Code

A. Abarca, T. Barrachina, R. Miró, G. Verdú

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 965-968

Thermal Hydraulics / General Two-Phase Flow

Temporal Convergence Criteria for the COBRA-TF Subchannel Analysis Code

Lewis J. Lloyd, D. L. Aumiller, Jr.

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 971-974

Thermal Hydraulics / Computational Thermal Hydraulics - I

Use of RELAP5/MOD3.3 Code to Get Fluid Dynamic Stability Maps

M. De Salve, M. G. Giraudo, B. Panella

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 975-978

Thermal Hydraulics / Computational Thermal Hydraulics - I

RELAP5-3D Simulations of the Reactor Cavity Cooling System Experimental Facility

Rodolfo Vaghetto, Wu Huali, Yassin A. Hassan

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 979-981

Thermal Hydraulics / Computational Thermal Hydraulics - I

A Sensitivity Analysis of the Safety Features in a 600 MWe Demonstration Fast Reactor

Kwilim Lee, Kwiseok Ha, Haeyong Jeong, Wonpyo Chang

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 982-983

Thermal Hydraulics / Computational Thermal Hydraulics - I

Space-Time Convergence Study Based on OECD Ringhals-1 Stability Benchmark

Ivan Gajev, Tomasz Kozlowski, Wemin Ma

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 984-987

Thermal Hydraulics / Computational Thermal Hydraulics - I

Assessment of Regularization Methods for the 1D Two-Fluid Model

W. D. Fullmer, V. H. Ransom, M. A. Lopez de Bertodano

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 988-991

Thermal Hydraulics / Computational Thermal Hydraulics - I

Validation of Heat Transfer Predictions by Turbulence Models and Heat Transfer Correlations

Constantine P. Tzanos

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 992-994

Thermal Hydraulics / Computational Thermal Hydraulics - I

Dynamic Bias Error Analysis for Multi-Phase Flow

Snehlata Shakya, Prabhat Munshi

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 995-996

Thermal Hydraulics / Computational Thermal Hydraulics - I

CFD Analysis of Two-Group IATE Models for Bubbly-Cap Flows with the EAGLE Code

Van-Thai Nguyen, Byoung-Uhn Bae, Chul-Hwa Song

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 999-1002

Thermal Hydraulics / Computational Thermal Hydraulics - II

Verification of COBRA-TF Boron Tracking Model with STAR-CD

O. E. Ozdemir, M. Avramova

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1003-1005

Thermal Hydraulics / Computational Thermal Hydraulics - II

Assessment of a Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) Model for the IPR-R1 TRIGA Research Reactor

M. Martínez, R. Miró, G. Verdú, C. Pereira, A. Z. Mesquita, S. Chiva

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1006-1009

Thermal Hydraulics / Computational Thermal Hydraulics - II

SHARP Reactor Performance and Safety Analysis Simulation Suite

W. D. Pointer, M. Anitescu, T. H. Fanning, R. M. Ferencz, P. F. Fischer, M. A. Smith, T. J. Tautges

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1013-1016

Thermal Hydraulics / Next Generation Safety Analysis Code

Best-Estimate Plus Uncertainty Approach in Licensing of Current Reactors

Francesco D'Auria, Nikolaus Muellner

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1017-1019

Thermal Hydraulics / Next Generation Safety Analysis Code

Requirement Analysis and Primary Design of COSINE Code

Yanhua Yang, Yixue Chen, Hao Zhang, Hui Yu, Guang Zhao, Xiaoliang Fu, Zhanquan Liu, Wentao Mo [The State Nuclear Power Software Development Center, State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation LTD]

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1020-1023

Thermal Hydraulics / Next Generation Safety Analysis Code

Correlation for Nucleate Boiling on a Downward Facing Surface Under IVR-ERVC Conditions

M. P. Riley, F. B. Cheung

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1027-1028

Thermal Hydraulics / Thermal Hydraulics in Severe Accidents

Simulation of FARO Corium Coolant Interaction Experiment with TEXAS-VI

R. H. Chen, M. L. Corradini, G. H. Su

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1029-1031

Thermal Hydraulics / Thermal Hydraulics in Severe Accidents

Prediction of Local Hydrogen Concentrations in PWR Containment Using GOTHIC Code

Davor Grgic, Zdenko Simic, Bruno Glaser

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1032-1035

Thermal Hydraulics / Thermal Hydraulics in Severe Accidents

A Feasibility Study for MELCOR DB Construction and Uncertainty Analysis

S. H. Park, K. I. Ahn, Y. M. Song

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1036-1037

Thermal Hydraulics / Thermal Hydraulics in Severe Accidents

Study of CHF Characteristics with a Downward-Facing Plane for IVR

Huai-En Hsieh, Yuh-Ming Ferng, Mei-Shiue Chen, Bau-Shi Pei

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1038-1040

Thermal Hydraulics / Thermal Hydraulics in Severe Accidents

Characterization of Turbine Stop Valve Closing Time

B. Rovagnati, J. H. Gray, R. M. Field

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1043-1045

Thermal Hydraulics / General Thermal Hydraulics - I

Critical Heat Flux in Vertical Channels at Zero Flow Condition

Jun Yang, Matthew De Angelis, Michael Corradini

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1046-1048

Thermal Hydraulics / General Thermal Hydraulics - I

Intermediate BLOCA Scenarios - Sensitivity Analysis with TRACE5

Andrea Querol, Sergio Gallardo, Gumersindo Verdú

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1049-1052

Thermal Hydraulics / General Thermal Hydraulics - I

Analysis of Reactor Water Level Fluctuations in BWRs

Bulent Alpay, Phillip G. Ellison, John S. Bennion

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1053-1054

Thermal Hydraulics / General Thermal Hydraulics - I

Measurement of Whole Temperature Field in Refrigerant Using Two-Color/Single-Dye LIF

Saya Lee, Yassin A. Hassan

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1057-1059

Thermal Hydraulics / General Thermal Hydraulics - II

Acoustic Analysis of Pump-Induced Vibrations in Reactor Recirculation Piping

Brian J. Voll

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1060-1063

Thermal Hydraulics / General Thermal Hydraulics - II

Study of Thermal Mixing Characteristics with T-Junction Piping System

Mei-Shiue Chen, Yuh-Ming Ferng, Huai-En Hsieh, Bau-Shi Pei

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1064-1067

Thermal Hydraulics / General Thermal Hydraulics - II

Critical Heat Flux Under Natural and Forced Convection

Matthew De Angelis, Jun Yang, Scott M. Greenwood

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1068-1070

Thermal Hydraulics / General Thermal Hydraulics - II

Design of a Scaled-Down Low-Temperature DRACS Test Facility for an AHTR

Q. Lv, X. Wang, I. Adams, X. Sun, R. N. Christensen, T. E. Blue, G. Yoder, D. Wilson, P. Sabharwall

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1071-1074

Thermal Hydraulics / General Thermal Hydraulics - II

Measurement of Velocity Profile in a Scaled-Down Facility for CANDU6 Moderator Tank Using Particle Image Velocimetry

Han Seo, Hyoung Tae Kim, In Cheol Bang

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1075-1077

Thermal Hydraulics / General Thermal Hydraulics - II

Investigation on Hydrodynamic Cavitation of a Restriction Orifice on Crud-Like Deposits

Seong Man Kim, Seung Won Lee, Seong Dae Park, Sarah Kang, Han Seo, In Cheol Bang

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1078-1080

Thermal Hydraulics / General Thermal Hydraulics - II

Heat Transfer Characterization of a Scaled-Down Air-Ingress Accident Test Facility

David J. Arcilesi, Tae Kyu Ham, Xiaodong Sun, Richard N. Christensen, Chang Oh

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1081-1084

Thermal Hydraulics / General Thermal Hydraulics - II

Effect of Fuel Assembly Grouping on Instability of Chinshan NPP

Guan-Yu Chen, Hao-Tzu Lin, Jong-Rong Wang, Chang-Lung Hsieh, Chunkuan Shih

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1085-1087

Thermal Hydraulics / General Thermal Hydraulics - II

Plenary Session

J. Busby, C. Fazio, S. Ukai

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Page 1091

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012)

General Chairs' Special Session

R. E. Einziger, Gary Was

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Page 1092

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012)

An Assessment of Nitride Test Data and its Use in SMRs

Susan S. Voss

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1095-1097

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Advanced Fuel - I

Chemical Stabilization of Metallic Nuclear Fuels

Robert D. Mariani, Douglas L. Porter, Steven L. Hayes, J. Rory Kennedy

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1098-1101

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Advanced Fuel - I

Development of Advanced Ultra-High Burnup SFR Metallic Fuel Concept - Project Overview

A. E. Wright, S. L. Hayes, T. H. Bauer, H. J. Chichester, G. L. Hofman, J. R. Kennedy, T. K. Kim, Y. S. Kim, R. D. Mariani, W. D. Pointer, A. M. Yacout, D. Yun

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1102-1105

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Advanced Fuel - I

Fully Ceramic Microencapsulated Fuels for LWRs

Kurt A. Terrani, Lance L. Snead, Jess C. Gehin

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1106-1107

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Advanced Fuel - I

The EBR-II X447 High Temperature U-10Zr Metal Alloy Experiment

W. J. Carmack, D. L. Porter, S. L. Hayes

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1111-1112

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Advanced Fuel - II

Mg as a Matrix for Low-Enriched U-Mo Dispersion Fuel Plates

Dennis D. Keiser, Jr., Daniel M. Wachs, Mitch K. Meyer, Adam B. Robinson, Jan-Fong Jue, Jian Gan, Brandon D. Miller, Pavel Medvedev, Glenn A. Moore

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Page 1113

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Advanced Fuel - II

Irradiation Behavior of Oxide Ceramics for Inert Matrices

Donald T. Moore, Cynthia A. Papesch, Brandon D. Miller, Pavel G. Medvedev, Juan C. Nino

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1114-1116

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Advanced Fuel - II

Development and Properties of Uranium Nitride Fuels: Oxide Conversion and Thermochemistry

Theodore M. Besmann, Dongwon Shin, Stewart L. Voit

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1117-1118

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Advanced Fuel - II

Mechanisms of Ag Diffusion in TRISO Coated Fuel Particles

Izabela Szlufarska, Dane Morgan, Todd Allen, Tyler Gerczak

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1121-1122

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Advanced Clad/Fuel

Effects of Structure and Processing on the Thermal Conductivity of SiC-SiC Composites

C. P. Deck, H. E. Khalifa, C. A. Back

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1123-1125

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Advanced Clad/Fuel

High Temperature Oxidation of Candidate Advanced Iron-Based Alloy Cladding Materials in Steam-Hydrogen Environments

James R. Keiser, Michael P. Brady, Bruce A. Pint, Kurt A. Terrani

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1126-1127

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Advanced Clad/Fuel

Sodium Fast Reactor Fuels and Materials: Research Needs

M. Denman, L. Walters, J. Lambert, K. Natesan, A. Wright, A. Yacout, S. Hayes, D. Porter, L. Ott, F. Garner

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1131-1132

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Fast Reactor Materials

HT9 Development for the Traveling Wave Reactor

M. J. Hackett, G. Povirk

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1133-1135

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Fast Reactor Materials

Corrosion of Zirconium Alloy in Flowing Sodium

Tomohiro Furukawa, Shoichi Kato, Masaya Yamamoto

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1136-1138

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Fast Reactor Materials

Burnup Predictions for Metal Fuel Tests in the Fast Flux Test Facility

David W. Wootan, Joseph V. Nelson

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1139-1141

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Fast Reactor Materials

Materials Performance for High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors

James Stubbins, Hsiao-Ming Tung, Xiang Chen, Yang Zhao, Kun Mo

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1145-1146

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / High Temperature Materials - I

Oxidation Investigation of NBG-18 Nuclear-Grade Graphite

Joshua J. Kane, Chinnathambi Karthik, Rick Ubic, William E. Windes, Darryl P. Butt

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1147-1148

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / High Temperature Materials - I

Effects Al Contents in the Surface Micro-Alloying Region on the High Temperature Oxidation Behaviors of Alloy 617

Ho Jung Lee, Injin Sah, Donghoon Kim, Changheui Jang

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1149-1152

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / High Temperature Materials - I

Creep Behaviors of Alloy 617 in High Temperature Steam Environments

Donghoon Kim, Injin Sah, Jahyun Koo, Changheui Jang

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1153-1154

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / High Temperature Materials - I

Microstructures and Deformation Mechanisms of a Nanostructured Ferritic Alloy at Various Temperatures

Jeoung Han Kim, Thak Sang Byun, David T. Hoelzer, Seong Woong Kim, Jong Taek Yeom, Jae Keun Hong

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1157-1158

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / High Temperature Materials - II

Local Atomic Structure of Irradiated ZrC and ZrN

Daniel Olive, Hasitha Ganegoda, Tim McNamee, Jeff Terry

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1159-1160

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / High Temperature Materials - II

Creep-Fatigue Interaction in Advanced Ferritic-Martensitic Steels

Meimei Li, William K. Soppet, Saurin Majumdar, Ken Natesan

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1161-1162

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / High Temperature Materials - II

Relationship Between Grain Boundary Structure and Radiation Induced Segregation in Ferritic/Martensitic Steels

K. G. Field, C. M. Parish, J. T. Busby, T. R. Allen

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1163-1164

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / High Temperature Materials - II

The Center for Material Science of Nuclear Fuel

T. R. Allen, X. M. Bai

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1167-1168

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Extreme Environment - I: Nanoscale Effects

Irradiation Effects in Nanocrystalline Ceria, Zirconia and Thoria

Yanwen Zhang, Haiyan Xiao, Philip D. Edmondson, Fereydoon Namavar, William J. Weber

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1169-1172

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Extreme Environment - I: Nanoscale Effects

Thermal Stability and Radiation Tolerance of Ultrafine Grained Austenitic Stainless Steel

C. Sun, Y. Yang, X. Zhang

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1173-1176

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Extreme Environment - I: Nanoscale Effects

Characterization of Nanocomposite Materials Using Synchrotron Radiation

Lynne E. Ecker, Simerjeet K. Gill, Avishai Ofan, Amit Misra, Stuart Maloy

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1177-1180

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Extreme Environment - I: Nanoscale Effects

Radiation Enhanced Diffusion of Nd in Single Crystal Thin Film UO₂

Xiaochun Han, Brent J. Heuser

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1183-1186

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Extreme Environment - II: Kinetics and Transport

Evaluation of Gas Release Behavior of Minor Actinide-Containing Metal Fuel

Hirokazu Ohta, Takanari Ogata, Dimitri Papaioannou, Ramil Nasyrow, Vincenzo V. Rondinella

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1187-1188

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Extreme Environment - II: Kinetics and Transport

Oxidation of Candidate Ferritic LWR Cladding Materials at High Temperatures

A. T. Nelson, M. K. Patel, S. A. Maloy

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1189-1190

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Extreme Environment - II: Kinetics and Transport

A Comparison of Mass Spectrometry and Gamma Spectrometry Techniques to Simulation for the Evaluation of TRISO Fuel Burnup in the AGR-1 Experiment

J. M. Harp, P. A. Demkowicz, P. L. Winston

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1191-1193

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Extreme Environment - II: Kinetics and Transport

Multiscale Fuel Performance Modeling: Coupling Atomic, Meso and Continuum Level Simulations

Michael Tonks, Derek Gaston, Paul Millett, David Andersson, Chris Stanek

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1197-1198

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Modeling - I: Thermomechanics and Transport

Lattice Dynamics and Boltzmann Transport Equation Simulations of Thermal Conductivity in UO₂

A. Chernatynskiy, S. R. Phillpot

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1199-1200

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Modeling - I: Thermomechanics and Transport

Fuel Performance Assessment of the Lead-Bismuth-Cooled MYRRHA Reactor

B. Boer, S. E. Lemehov, V. P. Sobolev, M. Verwerft

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1201-1204

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Modeling - I: Thermomechanics and Transport

Thermo-Mechanical Modeling of U-Pu-Zr Metallic Fuel

D. Yun, A. M. Yacout, A. E. Wright

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1205-1206

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Modeling - I: Thermomechanics and Transport

Issues in Modeling Metallic Fuel Systems with HT9 Clad

R. Latta, J. Vollmer, M. J. Hackett, G. Povirk

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1207-1208

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Modeling - I: Thermomechanics and Transport

A Continuum Thermodynamic Approach to Radiation Effects in Materials

Anter El-Azab

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Page 1211

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Modeling - II: Radiation Effects

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Swift Heavy Ion Interactions in UO₂

J. L. Wormald, A. I. Hawari

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1212-1213

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Modeling - II: Radiation Effects

Calculation of the Displacement Energy in b.c.c. U at 800 K

Benjamin Beeler, Chaitanya Deo, Michael Baskes, Maria Okuniewski

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1214-1215

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Modeling - II: Radiation Effects

Fast Radiation Tolerant Dynamics at Interfaces

Walid Mohamed, Xiaojun Mei, Jacob Eapen

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1216-1218

Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) / Modeling - II: Radiation Effects

A European Roadmap on Materials for Nuclear Energy Technology

Concetta Fazio, Derek Buckthorpe, Liisa Heikinheimo, Wolfgang Hoffelner, Jaap van der Laan, Karl-Fredrik Nilsson, Frédéric Schuster

Transactions / Volume 106 / Number 1 / June 2012 / Pages 1221-1224