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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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NextGen MURR Working Group established in Missouri
The University of Missouri’s Board of Curators has created the NextGen MURR Working Group to serve as a strategic advisory body for the development of the NextGen MURR (University of Missouri Research Reactor).
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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