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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Technical Session
Wednesday, September 28, 2022|3:50–5:55PM PDT|Harbor
Session Chair:
Mathieu Dupont (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Robert E. Grove (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Thomas M. Miller (ORNL)
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Consistency Among the Results of the ASPIS Iron88, PCA Replica and PCA Benchmark Results
3:50–4:15PM PDT
Ivan A. Kodeli (UKAEA), Steven van der Marck (NRG)
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Attila Benchmark Calculations Using the SINBAD Database
4:15–4:40PM PDT
E. Heritage (Kinectrics), M. Smith (Kinectrics), G. Failla (Silver Fir Software), A. Cooper (Silver Fir Software)
Evaluation of the HCLL Experiment for SINBAD
4:40–5:05PM PDT
Pedro Ortego (SEA)
Presented by Robert E. Grove (ORNL)
Benchmarking of Stainless Steel Cube Neutron Leakage in Research Center Rez
5:05–5:30PM PDT
Michal Kostal (Research Center Rez), Zdeněk Matěj (Masaryk Univ.), Martin Schulc (Research Center Rez), Evžen Losa (Research Center Rez), Jan Šimon (Research Center Rez), Evžen Novák (Research Center Rez), František Cvachovec (Masaryk Univ.), Václav Přenosil (Masaryk Univ.), Filip Mravec (Masaryk Univ.), Tomáš Czakoj (Research Center Rez), Vojtěch Rypar (Research Center Rez), Andrej Trkov (IAEA Nuclear Data Section), Roberto Capote (IAEA Nuclear Data Section)
Health Physics Research Reactor Criticality Accident Alarm System Benchmark Overview
5:30–5:55PM PDT
Mathieu N. Dupont (ORNL)
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