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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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The 2025 ANS election results are in!
Spring marks the passing of the torch for American Nuclear Society leadership. During this election cycle, ANS members voted for the newest vice president/president-elect, treasurer, and six board of director positions (four U.S., one non-U.S., one student). New professional division leadership was also decided on in this election, which opened February 25 and closed April 15. About 21 percent of eligible members of the Society voted—a similar turnout to last year.
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|El Capitan A
Session Chairs:
Leah Berman (LANL)
Dallas Moser (Y-12)
Session Organizer:
Kevin H. Reynolds
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Domestic and International Standards for Nuclear Criticality Safety -- Overview and Status
Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL)
Paper
Y-12 Nuclear Criticality Safety Program Health Model: Development, Use and Benefits
Paul F. Gubanc (Amentum Technical Services), Michael J. Crouse (Consolidated Nuclear Security)
Triennial Assessments Program at Los Alamos National Laboratory
James J. Kuropatwinski (LANL), Hannah Morbach (LANL)
Presented by Theresa Cutler (LANL)
Detection of a Slow Kinetic Criticality Accident by the Radiation Protection Monitoring System
Olivier Ravat (Orano Melox)
The CAAS-3S Next-Generation Criticality Accident Alarm System
S. Philips (Mirion Technologies), J. Kirkpatrick (Mirion Technologies), J. Lagana (Mirion Technologies), M. Detriche (Mirion Technologies), A. Gallozzi Ulmann (Mirion Technologies), N. Houfflain (Mirion Technologies)
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