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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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The progress so far: An update on the Reactor Pilot Program
It has been about three months since the Department of Energy named 10 companies for its new Reactor Pilot Program, which set an ambitious goal of having three reactors achieve criticality by July 4, 2026.
Technical Session
Monday, October 4, 2021|1:20–3:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Tara Pandya (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Dmitriy Y. Anistratov (NC State Univ.)
Student Producer:
Aaron Tamashiro (Oregon State Univ.)
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The Limited Linear Source Approximation of the Method of Characteristics for Mitigating Negative Sources
1:20–1:45PM EDT
Sooyoung Choi (Univ. of Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. of Michigan)
Paper
The Legendre Polynomial Axial Expansion Method
1:45–2:10PM EDT
Nicholas F. Herring (Univ. of Michigan), Benjamin S. Collins (ORNL), Thomas J. Downar (Univ. of Michigan)
Linear Source Approximation of Angle Dependent Axial Source for Three-Dimensional Neutron Transport
2:10–2:35PM EDT
Jiwon Choe (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), Deokjung Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology)
Spatial Adaptive Mesh Refinement Applied to the Slice Balance Approach
2:35–3:00PM EDT
Michael W. Hackemack (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
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