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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Nominations open for CNTA awards
Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness is accepting nominations for its Fred C. Davison Distinguished Scientist Award and its Nuclear Service Award. Nominations for both awards must be submitted by August 1.
The awards will be presented this fall as part of the CNTA’s annual Edward Teller Lecture event.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD
Monday, June 17, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Jasmine G
Session Chair:
Ben Martin
Alternate Chair:
James I. Cole
Session Organizer:
Deborah A. Hill
Whilst the word “innovation” is often synonymous with research & technological advances in the nuclear industry, the importance of innovation in the nuclear criticality safety discipline should not be underestimated. Submissions are welcomed on areas where novel products, processes or approaches have the potential to be a real game changer in viably addressing current or future challenges with nuclear criticality safety implications.
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The PARADIGM Project: An Integral Experiment Optimized to Reduce Plutonium Intermediate Energy Nuclear Data Uncertainties
3:15–3:35PM PDT
T. Cutler (LANL), K. Amundson (LANL), P. Brain (LANL), M. Devlin (LANL), N. Gibson (LANL), J. Hutchinson (LANL), N. Kleedtke (LANL), R. Little (LANL), D. Neudecker (LANL), E. Williamson (LANL)
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Criticality Safety Support for Deactivated Facilitates at Savannah River Site
3:35–3:55PM PDT
Tracy E. Stover (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions), David Lehner (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions)
Nuclear Criticality Safety Considerations for Hydraulic Elevator Systems
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Adam Walker (Y-12 Nat'l Security Complex), Joshua Schwartz (Y-12 Nat'l Security Complex)
Equivalency Factors and Mixed Isotope Subcritical Limits in H-Canyon
4:15–4:35PM PDT
R.M. Rice (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions), T.E. Stover (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions), N.P. Devine (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions), D. Randle (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions)
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