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May 31–June 3, 2026
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State news: Microreactors, legislation, executive orders, and more
Discussions and actions on nuclear energy have penetrated several state capitol buildings, congressional hearings, and industry gatherings across the United States this month, including in Alaska, Connecticut, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and New York.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPSD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Banyan C
Session Chair:
Adam Hecht
Alternate Chair:
Alexander Barzilov
Session Organizer:
Irina I. Popova
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MCNP6 Evaluation of Exposure Dose Rates from a 252Cf-Based Neutron Irradiator for NAA
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Livia Fernandes Barros (MIT), Jiankai Yu (MIT), Michael Philip Short (MIT), Tolga Durak (MIT), Edward Lamere (MIT), Mitchell S. Galanek (MIT), Akmal Safarov (Samarkand State Univ.), Haruko M. Wainwright (MIT)
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Improvements on Oktavian Modeling with MCNP6.3
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Micky Dzur (LANL), Jerawan Armstrong (LANL), Chelsea D'Angelo (LANL)
Automated Vector Analysis Using Particle Swarm Optimization
10:40–11:00AM PDT
John C. Stooksbury (Bechtel)
Solution Grown Hybrid Halide Perovskite Single Crystals for Photon Detectors
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Kaleab Ayalew (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), Shea Tonkinson (Univ. New Mexico), Alexandria Ragsdale (Univ. New Mexico), Maya Narayanan Kutty (Univ. New Mexico), Ganesh Balakrishnan (Univ. New Mexico), Adam Hecht (Univ. New Mexico), Jaeyun Moon (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), Alexander Barzilov (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas)
Tempest™: A Monte Carlo Code for Radiation Transport with Combined Native CAD and CSG Geometries
11:20–11:30AM PDT
Carl Hughes (Orthrus Software), Peter Taylor (Orthrus Software), Daniel Cork (Cerberus Nuclear)
Attachment — Tempest Paper
Integrating AI Assistant Technology into Cyclone™ for Simplified MCNP® Syntax Generation
11:30–11:40AM PDT
Daniel Cork (Cerberus Nuclear), John Billingsley (Cerberus Nuclear), Tu Nguyen (Cerberus Nuclear), Andrew Smith (Cerberus Nuclear), Peter Taylor (Orthrus Software)
Attachment — Cyclone Sage Paper
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