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Tank waste operations resume at Idaho’s IWTU
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced yesterday that waste processing operations have resumed at the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) at the Idaho National Laboratory Site. The resumption of operations follows the completion of two maintenance campaigns at the radioactive liquid waste treatment facility.
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Laguna A
Session Chairs:
John D. Bess (JFA)
Coralie Carmouze
Session Organizer:
Theresa E. Cutler
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CRISTALV2: Improvements Overview of the CRISTALV2.0.3 Criticality Calculation Package
Arnaud Entringer (IRSN), Aurélie Bardelay (IRSN), Sébastien Lahaye (CEA), Jean-Christophe Trama (CEA), Odile Petit (CEA), Coralie Carmouze (CEA)
Presented by Arthur Peron (IRSN)
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LATEC, the CRISTAL Package Workbench for Integrated Criticality Modeling
Arthur Peron (IRSN), Frédéric Fernex (IRSN), Grégory Millasseau (IRSN), Nicolas Leclaire (IRSN), Aurélie Bardelay (IRSN), Yann Richet (IRSN)
GRS Handbook on Criticality -- New English Publication in 2022
Fabian Sommer (GRS)
Creation of the VADER Code in SCALE
Shane W.D. Hart (ORNL), Justin B. Clarity (PNNL)
The Criticality Safety Validation Package at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
Pauli Juutilainen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Ville Valtavirta (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
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