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Nuclear Criticality Safety
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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
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Jasmine G
Session Chair:
Katy Worrell
Alternate Chair:
Amy E. van der Vyver
Session Organizer:
Benjamin Martin
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Impact of Increased Monte Carlo Parameters on Sensitivity Calculations with SCALE
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Travis M. Greene (ORNL), Kursat Bekar (ORNL)
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Jemima Plate Characterization
3:35–3:55PM PDT
J. Lamproe (LANL), K. Amundson (LANL), T. Cutler (LANL), K. Stolte (LANL)
Presented by Zachariah Rudy Lemke (LANL)
Investigating a Potential Hafnium Bias in SCALE
3:55–4:15PM PDT
T.M. Greene (ORNL), W.J. Marshall (ORNL), M.T. Brandt (U.S. Naval Academy), L.M. Mulig (U.S. Naval Academy), S.R. Blair (U.S. Naval Academy), A.M. Shaw (ORNL)
Chlorine Worth Study and Nuclear Data
4:15–4:35PM PDT
Nicholas W. Thompson (LANL), Theresa Cutler (LANL), Kelsey Amundson (LANL), Jeffrey A. Favorite (LANL), Travis Grove (LANL), Jesson Hutchinson (LANL), Noah Kleedtke (LANL)
ANS-8 Nuclear Criticality Safety Standards -- Are they Risk Informed, Performance Based?
4:35–4:55PM PDT
Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL)
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