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Former NRC commissioners lend support to efforts to eliminate mandatory hearings
A group of nine former nuclear regulatory commissioners sent a letter Wednesday to the current Nuclear Regulatory Commission members lending support to efforts to get rid of mandatory hearings in the licensing process, which should speed up the process by three to six months and save millions of dollars.
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)
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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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