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NextGen MURR Working Group established in Missouri
The University of Missouri’s Board of Curators has created the NextGen MURR Working Group to serve as a strategic advisory body for the development of the NextGen MURR (University of Missouri Research Reactor).
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)
Technical Session
Monday, June 13, 2022|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Laguna B
Session Chairs:
Nicolas Thompson (LANL)
Jesson D. Hutchinson
Session Organizer:
Douglas G. Bowen
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Application of Neural Networks on the Modelling of Critical Curves
Thomas Eisenstecken (GRS), Fabian Sommer (GRS)
Paper
Development of an Artificial Neutral Network for Rapid Post-Closure Reactivity Analysis
J.B. Clarity (PNNL), L.P. Miller (PNNL), K. Banerjee (PNNL), G.G. Davidson (ORNL)
Reactivity Coefficient Measurements and Sensitivity Studies
Theresa Cutler (LANL), Jesson Hutchinson (LANL), Denise Neudecker (LANL), Wim Haeck (LANL), Alexander R. Clark (LANL), Michael Rising (LANL)
Investigating Fission Reaction Rate Ratio Sensitivities
Jennifer Alwin (LANL), Jesson Hutchinson (LANL), Noah Kleedtke (LANL), Alexander Clark (LANL), Theresa Cutler (LANL), Wim Haeck (LANL), Robert Little (LANL), Denise Neudecker (LANL), Michael Rising (LANL), Travis Smith (LANL), Nicholas Thompson (LANL)
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