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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Beyond conventional boundaries: Innovative construction technologies pave the way for advanced reactor deployment
In a bid to tackle the primary obstacle in nuclear deployment—construction costs—those in industry and government are moving away from traditional methods and embracing innovative construction technologies.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPSD
Tuesday, June 9, 2020|4:35–6:20PM EDT
Session Chair:
Chelsea A. D'Angelo
Alternate Chair:
Igor Remec
Session Organizer:
Michael Lorne Fensin
Staff Producer:
Janice Lindegard (American Nuclear Society)
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McCAD v1.0L An Improved CAD to MCNP Interface Library
M. Harb (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), U. Fischer (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), C. Wegmann (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology)
Paper
McCad Plugin Developments for the SpaceClaim Software
Ulrich Fischer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Yuefeng Qiu (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Validation of Radiation Transport Methods for Ball Grid Array Inspection Systems
John Porter (Honeywell FMT, LLC), Amir A. Bahadori (Kansas State Univ.), Walter J. McNeil (Kansas State Univ.), Miranda L. Dodson (Kansas State Univ.), Jack T. Casburn (Kansas State Univ.), Ryan J. Strahler (Kansas State Univ.), Nathanael Simerl (Kansas State Univ.), Michael P. Pfeifer (Kansas State Univ.)
From CAD to Nuclear Data S/U for Shielding Applications
Ivan A. Kodeli (Jozef Stefan Institute), Robert E. Grove (ORNL), Bor Kos (ORNL)
Radiation Transport with Moving Geometries and Sources Using DAGMC
Paul P. H. Wilson (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison), Chelsea A. D'Angelo (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison)
Experience with Automatic CAD to MCNP Model Conversion at ORNL's SNS
Wei Lu (ORNL), Igor Remec (ORNL)
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