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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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MIT professor develops method to verify compliance with Outer Space Treaty
Danagoulian
Areg Danagoulian of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is proposing a mechanism for verifying that Earth-orbiting satellites are in compliance with the Outer Space Treaty, which prohibits the placement of nuclear weapons in space. Danagoulian’s “concept and feasibility study,” titled “Verification of the Outer Space Treaty with cosmic protons,” was published recently in the journal Nature.
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Laguna A
Session Chairs:
Mark Neeley (PNNL)
David P. Heinrichs (LLNL)
Session Organizer:
Theresa E. Cutler
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Applicability of ORCEF UF4/CF2 Experiments to Validation of 30-Inch UF6 Cylinders
W.J. Marshall (ORNL), T.M. Greene (ORNL)
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Plutonium Mass Equivalencies for Fissile Isotopes of Am, Cf, and Cm
Analysis of SCALE Criticality and Sensitivity Calculations for Reflected HEU Cylinders
A.M. Shaw (ORNL), W.J. Marshall (ORNL)
Correlation Calculations for the Russian Pu Metal Fast Experiments
Michael Branco-Katcher (LLNL), Daniel Siefman (LLNL), Catherine Percher (LLNL), David Heinrichs (LLNL), Todd S. Palmer (Oregon State)
Sensitivity Coefficients Calculated for the Prompt Neutron Decay Constant at or near Delayed Critical
N. Kleedtke (LANL), J. Hutchinson (LANL), M. Hua (LANL), M. Rising (LANL)