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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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President Trump will arrive in the United Kingdom this week for a state visit that promises to include the usual pomp and ceremony alongside the signing of a landmark new agreement on U.S.-U.K. nuclear collaboration.
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|8:00–9:45AM PDT|El Capitan A
Session Chairs:
Kermit A. Bunde (DOE-ID)
Shauntay Coleman (LLNL)
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Update of the Nuclear Criticality Slide Rule: Review of the Estimation of the Number of Fissions
Matthieu Duluc (IRSN), Johann Herth (IRSN), Tristan Adatte (IRSN), David P. Heinrichs (LLNL), Soon Kim (LLNL), Doug Bowen (ORNL), Cihangir Celik (ORNL), Mathieu Dupont (ORNL)
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Update of the Nuclear Criticality Slide Rule Calculations: Plutonium Systems – Delayed Fission Gamma
Johann Herth (IRSN), Matthieu Duluc (IRSN), Tristan Adatte (IRSN), Dave Heinrichs (LLNL), Soon Kim (LLNL), Doug Bowen (ORNL), Cihangir Celik (ORNL), Mathieu Dupont (ORNL)
CAAS Replacement in Enduring Facilities
Timothy Jackson (Y-12 National Security Complex), James Yugo (Y-12 National Security Complex), Jeff Goodman (Y-12 National Security Complex), Chris Haught (Y-12 National Security Complex)
Pressurized Gases as Neutron Reflectors
Trevor Stewart (LANL), Ning Zhang (LANL)
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