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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Technical Session|Deterministic Transport Methods and Applications
Wednesday, April 30, 2025|10:00–11:40AM MDT|Lawrence A
Session Chair:
Ben Collins (Veracity Nuclear)
Alternate Chair:
Jean Ragusa (TAMU)
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Continuous-Energy Deterministic Neutron-Transport Calculation Method Featuring Full Energy-domain Coupling and Function Expansion
10:00–10:25AM MDT
Haopo Liu (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Yunzhao Li (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Xiaoyu Wen (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Hongchun Wu (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Liangzhi Cao (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Wei Shen (Conexus Nuclear Inc.)
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OpenSn: A Massively Parallel, Open-Source Simulation Environment for Discrete-Ordinate Radiation Transport
10:25–10:50AM MDT
David Andrs (Sawtooth Simulations LLC), Pablo Garcia (TAMU), Zach Hardy (LANL), Daryl Hawkins (TAMU), Jim Morel (TAMU), Jean Ragusa (TAMU), Jason Rodriguez (TAMU)
Survey and Initial Results of Quantum Algorithms for Solving Neutronics Equations
10:50–11:15AM MDT
Lincoln A. Johnston (Univ. Michigan), Jeanie Y. Qi (Univ. Michigan), Brian C. Kiedrowski (Univ. Michigan)
QUANTRA: An Efficient Tool for Neutron Transport Calculations Using Quantum-Inspired and Traditional Approaches
11:15–11:40AM MDT
Mohamed Lahdour (Khalifa Univ.), Khurrum Saleem Chaudri (Khalifa Univ.), Mohammad Alrwashdeh (Khalifa Univ.), Saeed A. Alameri (Khalifa Univ.)
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