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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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College students help develop waste-measuring device at Hanford
A partnership between Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) and Washington State University has resulted in the development of a device to measure radioactive and chemical tank waste at the Hanford Site. WRPS is the contractor at Hanford for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management.
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|1:00–2:45PM PDT|El Capitan A
Session Chairs:
Nicholas Thompson (LANL)
Kelsey Amundson
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Updated Godiva-IV Benchmark Preview
Jeffrey A. Favorite (LANL), Joetta Goda (LANL), Travis Smith (LANL)
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CAAS-3S Radiation Testing for Y-12 and UPF with Godiva-IV
Timothy Jackson (Y-12 National Security Complex), James Yugo (Y-12 National Security Complex), Sedat Goluoglu (Y-12 National Security Complex), Kevin Reynolds (Y-12 National Security Complex)
Estimating βeff from Static, Late-Time Feynman Neutron Noise Measurements
Michael Y. Hua (Univ. Michigan), Jesson D. Hutchinson (LANL)
Equivalent Fundamental-Mode Source Simulations for Spherical Uranium and Plutonium Systems
J. Hutchinson (LANL), A.R. Clark (LANL), N. Kleedtke (LANL), M.E. Rising (LANL), R. Sanchez (LANL), R. Weldon (LANL)
Distribution of Neutrons in a Cold Lucite Moderator
Rene Sanchez (LANL), Jesson Hutchinson (LANL), Travis Grove (LANL)
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