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Conference Spotlight
2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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What’s the most difficult question you’ve been asked as a maintenance instructor?
Blye Widmar
"Where are the prints?!"
This was the final question in an onslaught of verbal feedback, comments, and critiques I received from my students back in 2019. I had two years of instructor experience and was teaching a class that had been meticulously rehearsed in preparation for an accreditation visit. I knew the training material well and transferred that knowledge effectively enough for all the students to pass the class. As we wrapped up, I asked the students how they felt about my first big system-level class, and they did not hold back.
“Why was the exam from memory when we don’t work from memory in the plant?” “Why didn’t we refer to the vendor documents?” “Why didn’t we practice more on the mock-up?” And so on.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Belmont
Session Chair:
Cihang Lu
Alternate Chair:
Guillaume Giudicelli
Session Organizer:
Zeyun Wu
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Advancing Nuclear Data with Machine-Learned Force Fields
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Jonathan L. Wormald (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Jose March-Rico (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Richard W. Smith (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Amelia J. Trainer (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Michael L. Zerkle (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
Paper
Calculation of Sensitivity of Neutron Multiplication Factor During Fuel Depletion to Thermal Scattering Cross Sections of Hydrogen-1 Bounded in Light Water
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Go Chiba (Hokkaido Univ.)
Evaluating the Effect of Blatt-Biedenharn Formalism on Neutron Angular Scattering Behavior
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Charlotte Wickert (MIT), Benoit Forget (MIT)
DASSH Thermal Analysis Software Updates
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Micheal A. Smith (ANL)
A Neutronics Design Study of a Molten Salt Fast Reactor Core with Moderated Blanket for Long-Lived Fission Product Transmutation
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Ryan D. Willat (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Puran Deng (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Won Sik Yang (Univ. Michigan)
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