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Air Force issues notice to partner with Oklo on microreactor deployment in Alaska
The U.S. Department of Air Force has announced its notice of intent to award advanced nuclear technology company Oklo a contract to pilot a microreactor at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska.
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Pacific A
Session Chairs:
David K. Hayes
Michael L. Zerkle (BAPL)
Session Organizer:
Theresa E. Cutler
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Experimental Steps Toward a Density Law for Chlorine-Crediting Criticality Models of Aqueous Plutonium Solutions
Kelly E. Aldrich (LANL), Dung M. Vu (LANL), Kimberly M. Bonilla (LANL), Justin N. Cross (LANL), Stephen P. Willson (LANL), Jennifer Alwin (LANL), David Kimball (LANL), James Bunsen (LANL), Theresa Cutler (LANL), Laura Worl (LANL), Riley Bulso (LANL), Alicia Salazar-Crockett (LANL)
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The CWS Experiments -- An Experimental Study of the Effects of Chlorine on Thermal Neutron Absorption
Theresa Cutler (LANL), Kelsey Amundson (LANL), Jesson Hutchinson (LANL), Noah Kleedtke (LANL), Nicholas Wynne (LANL)
Integral Experiments at Sandia with Molybdenum Sleeves for Testing 95Mo Cross Sections in a Thermal Energy Spectrum
Nicolas Leclaire (IRSN)
Experiments to Measure the Inversion Point of the Isothermal Reactivity Coefficient in a Water-Moderated Pin-Fueled Critical Assembly at Sandia
Gary A. Harms (Sandia), David E. Ames (Sandia)
CERBERUS Integral Experiment Design
Kelsey Amundson (LANL), Theresa Cutler (LANL), Nicholas Thompson (LANL)
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