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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
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Valar achieves cold criticality at LANL
Valar Atomics has announced that its Nova Core achieved zero-power criticality on November 17 at Los Alamos National Laboratory’s National Criticality Experiments Research Center (NCERC) at the Nevada National Security Site.
Sunday, June 12, 2022|2:00–5:00PM PDT
Avila A
Requirements for Attendees: Fill out questionnaire regarding background and interest as part of registration; a short pre-reading will be sent to all attendees.
Summary Paragraph: The speakers will talk through what is required and the level of detail required in each section of an ICSBEP benchmark. People experienced in the ICSBEP process and performing evaluations will present covering the overall process and the three main sections of benchmarks. Information gained will support developing benchmarks as well as knowledge regarding how they can be potentially used once published.