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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Nominations open for CNTA awards
Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness is accepting nominations for its Fred C. Davison Distinguished Scientist Award and its Nuclear Service Award. Nominations for both awards must be submitted by August 1.
The awards will be presented this fall as part of the CNTA’s annual Edward Teller Lecture event.
Technical Session|Verification, Validation, and Benchmark Experiment Design
Monday, April 28, 2025|10:00–11:40AM MDT|E.P. Ensley A
Session Chair:
Gray S. Chang (J. Foster and Associates)
Alternate Chair:
Cole Gentry (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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Comparison of the ECCO/ERANOS and APOLLO3(r) Code for Molten Salt Fast Reactors Design Studies
10:00–10:25AM MDT
Dusan Marjanovic (CEA), Nicolin Garnier (CEA), Giogio Valocchi (CEA), Jean Tommasi (CEA)
Presented by Maciej Zajaczkowski (CEA)
Paper
Modified Algorithm for Taking into Account Delayed Neutron Precursor Movement in the Improved Quasi-Static Scheme of the SIMMER-III Code
10:25–10:50AM MDT
Barbara Kędzierska (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Andrei Rineiski (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Yoshiharu Tobita (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Graphite-Moderated Molten Salt Reactor Progression Problems
10:50–11:15AM MDT
Cole A. Gentry (Univ. Texas, Austin), Rok Krpan (TAMU), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU), Jean Ragusa (TAMU), Benjamin Collins (Univ. Texas, Austin)
The Neutronics Codes FENNECS and FRENETIC: Code-to-code Benchmarking on Lead and Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors
11:15–11:40AM MDT
Nicolo' Abrate (Politecnico di Torino), Jeremy Bousquet (GRS), Sandra Dulla (Politecnico di Torino), Silvia lo Muzio (GRS), Armin Seubert (GRS), Christian Vita (Politecnico di Torino)
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