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Division members promote the advancement of mathematical and computational methods for solving problems arising in all disciplines encompassed by the Society. They place particular emphasis on numerical techniques for efficient computer applications to aid in the dissemination, integration, and proper use of computer codes, including preparation of computational benchmark and development of standards for computing practices, and to encourage the development on new computer codes and broaden their use.
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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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ANS webinar tackles nuclear waste
A recent American Nuclear Society webinar tackled misconceptions about nuclear waste. Christopher Perfetti, an associate professor of nuclear engineering at the University of New Mexico, presented “The How, Why, and Where of Nuclear Waste,” the latest online event in ANS’s Educator Training offerings.
Technical Session
Thursday, September 29, 2022|1:15–3:20PM PDT|Seaport
Session Chair:
Ethan A. Asano (Georgia Tech)
Alternate Chair:
Ahmad Ibrahim (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Thomas M Miller (ORNL)
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Decay Dose Shielding Analysis with Hybrid Unstructured Mesh/Constructive Solid Geometry Monte Carlo Calculation and ADVANTG Acceleration
1:15–1:40PM PDT
Ahmad Ibrahim (ORNL), Tucker McClanahan (ORNL), Igor Remec (ORNL)
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Efficiency Comparison of Radiation Transport Variance Reduction Methods for Wide-Area Environmental Contamination Assay Applications
1:40–2:05PM PDT
E. Asano (Georgia Tech), S. Dewji (Georgia Tech)
An Overview of the Capabilities and Recent Developments of the FLUKA Particle Transport Code
2:05–2:30PM PDT
F. Salvat-Pujol (European Org. for Nuclear Research), V. Vlachoudis (European Org. for Nuclear Research)
Monte Carlo Delta Tracking with Next-Event Estimators
2:30–2:55PM PDT
Timothy P. Burke (LANL)
Improved Heavy Ion Inelastic Reaction Simulation of PHITS by JQMD2.1
2:55–3:20PM PDT
Tatsuhiko Ogawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Shintaro Hashimoto (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Tatsuhiko Sato (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Koji Niita (Research Org. for Information Science and Technology)
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