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Nuclear Criticality Safety
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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Framatome signs contracts with Sizewell C
French nuclear developer Framatome is slated to deliver key equipment for Sizewell C Ltd.’s two large reactors planned for the United Kingdom’s Suffolk coast.
The agreement, reportedly worth multiple billions of euros, was announced this week and will involve Framatome from the design phase until commissioning. The company also agreed to a long-term fuel supply deal. Framatome is 80.5 percent owned by France’s EDF and 19.5 percent owned by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
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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