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The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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Keeping up with Kewaunee
In October 2012, Dominion Energy announced it was closing the Kewaunee nuclear power plant, a two-loop 574-MWe pressurized water reactor located about 27 miles southeast of Green Bay, Wis., on the western shore of Lake Michigan. At the time, Dominion said the plant was running well, but that low wholesale electricity prices in the region made it uneconomical to continue operation of the single-unit merchant power plant.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPSD
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|4:30–6:15PM EDT
Session Chair:
Yuefeng Qiu
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Chelsea A. D'Angelo
Staff Producer:
Julie Bry (ANS)
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MCNP Unstructured Mesh Code Verification for OKTAVIAN Benchmark
Harrison Leiendecker (LANL), Alex Warhover (LANL), Jerawan Armstrong (LANL), Jim Ferguson (LANL)
Paper
Recent Work on MCNP Unstructured Mesh Element Quality Assessment and Reporting
Joel A. Kulesza (LANL)
Neutron Dose Rate Calculation with the MCNP6 Hybrid Geometry Model of the Second Target Station
Lukas Zavorka (ORNL), Igor Remec (ORNL)
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