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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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NCSD 2025 in Austin is on the horizon
This year’s ANS-sponsored Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Conference (NCSD 2025) will be held at the AT&T Hotel & Conference Center in Austin, Texas, September 14–18.
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Technical Session
Tuesday, September 27, 2022|3:50–5:55PM PDT|Seaport
Session Chair:
Martin Schulc (Centrum výzkumu Řež)
Alternate Chair:
Amir Bahadori (Kansas State)
Session Organizer:
Thomas M. Miller (ORNL)
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The Characterization of Radiation Field near PET Medical Cyclotron
3:50–4:15PM PDT
Martin Schulc (Research Centre Rez), Marek Zmeskal (Research Centre Rez), Evzen Losa (Research Centre Rez), Zdenek Matej (Masaryk Univ.), Michal Kostal (Research Centre Rez), Simon Vadjak (UJV Rez), Roberto Capote (IAEA)
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Current Status of TRIPOLI-4® on Adult and Pediatric Computational Phantoms for Radiation Dosimetry Study
4:15–4:40PM PDT
Yi-Kang Lee (CEA), François-Xavier Hugot (CEA)
Meta-Heuristic Optimization Methods for Isotope Production Target Design
4:40–5:05PM PDT
Cameron Salyer (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Sandra Bogetic (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Advancement of the Meta-Heuristic Optimization Algorithms for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy
5:05–5:30PM PDT
Christopher Busch (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Sandra Bogetic (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Chester Ramsey (Univ. Tennessee., Knoxville)
Modeling Dynamic Voxelized Biological Sample Irradiation with Non-Uniform Neutron Beam
5:30–5:55PM PDT
Eric Giunta (Kansas State), Alan Cebula (Kansas State), Amir A. Bahadori (Kansas State)
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