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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Fire in glovebox at LANL plutonium facility sparks safety discussion
According to a Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) report, a fire occurred in a glovebox in the plutonium facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory on June 15. A test involving nonnuclear material was underway in the furnace inside the glovebox at the time of the incident.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Monday, June 17, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Jasmine D
Session Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Nathan J. Roskoff
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Uncertainty Quantification of Critical Boron Concentration in Tihange-2 Reactor Core Tracking Analysis Using CASMO5/SIMULATE5 with JENDL-5
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Shigeki Shiba (Nuclear Regulation Authority)
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Heat Deposition Analysis of Target Materials in the High Flux Isotope Reactor for HEU and LEU Cores
3:35–3:55PM PDT
K.M. Burg (ORNL), D. Chandler (ORNL), J.W. Bae (ORNL), D. Hartanto (ORNL), Y.E. Robert (ORNL), C.W. Sizemore (ORNL)
Monte Carlo Evaluation of Delayed Neutron Parameters for CANDU Reactor
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Zack Demers (Ontario Tech Univ.), Eleodor Nichita (Ontario Tech Univ.)
Sensitivity Analysis of the SCALE/Polaris-PARCS Code Procedure for Watts Bar Unit 1 and Peach Bottom Unit 2
4:15–4:35PM PDT
Kang Seog Kim (ORNL), William Gurecky (ORNL), Matthew A. Jessee (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
Understanding the Sampling Algorithm for Watt Spectrum
4:35–4:55PM PDT
Jilang Miao (Penn State), Miaomiao Jin (Penn State)