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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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Two updated standards on criticality safety published
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) recently approved two new American Nuclear Society standards covering different aspects of nuclear criticality safety (NCS).
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)
Technical Session
Monday, June 13, 2022|2:25–2:45PM PDT|Laguna A
Session Chairs:
Theresa E. Cutler (LANL)
Catherine M. Percher
Session Organizer:
Deborah A. Hill
These Lightning Talks will be presented at the conclusion of the NCSD Opening Plenary.
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Revision to SCALE Procedure for Verified, Archived Library of Inputs and Data (VALID)
T.M. Greene (ORNL), W.J. Marshall (ORNL)
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Cyclone -- Monte Carlo Data Processing and Visualization
Stewart Hay (Cerberus Nuclear), Carl Hughes (Orthrus Software), Peter Taylor (Orthrus Software)
Verification of MCNP Critical Benchmark Model of U233-COMP-THERM-004
Riley Bulso (LANL), Jennifer L. Alwin (LANL), Robbie MacQuigg (LANL), Ray Sartor (LANL), Jennifer Arthur (LANL), Wim Haeck (LANL), Kristina Y. Spencer (INL)
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