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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Nominations open for CNTA awards
Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness is accepting nominations for its Fred C. Davison Distinguished Scientist Award and its Nuclear Service Award. Nominations for both awards must be submitted by August 1.
The awards will be presented this fall as part of the CNTA’s annual Edward Teller Lecture event.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Tuesday, June 13, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EDT|Kentucky
Session Chair:
Benjamin R. Betzler
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni
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Nuclear Data Uncertainty Quantification of High Flux Isotope Reactor Low-Enriched Uranium Design
3:15–3:35PM EDT
D. Hartanto (ORNL), J.W. Bae (ORNL), B.R. Betzler (ORNL), J.R. Burns (ORNL), D. Chandler (ORNL), C. Sizemore (ORNL)
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Equilibrium Cycle Modeling of a Generic mHTGR Similar to the Xe-100
3:35–3:55PM EDT
Annie Berens (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Benchmark Calculations for Peach Bottom Unit 2 and Hatch Unit 1 Using the SCALE-6.3.0/Polaris-PARCS v3.4.2 Code Package
3:55–4:15PM EDT
Kang Seog Kim (ORNL), Ugur Mertyurek (ORNL), Andrew M. Ward (Univ. Michigan), Matthew A. Jessee (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
Benchmark Calculations for BEAVRS and Watt Bar Unit 1 Using the SCALE-6.3.0/Polaris-PARCS v3.4.2 Code Package
4:15–4:35PM EDT
Improvement of SCALE Infrastructure on Microsoft Windows
4:35–4:55PM EDT
Shane W.D. Hart (ORNL), Seth R. Johnson (ORNL), Robert A. Lefebvre (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
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