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May 31–June 3, 2026
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NETS registration now open
The time has come to sign up for Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS 2026), which will be held in Dayton, Ohio, on April 27–30.
Hosted by the American Nuclear Society and the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) and sponsored by ANS’s Aerospace Nuclear Science and Technology Division, NETS 2026 is an opportunity to exchange ideas and knowledge, develop strong relationships across organizations, and establish collaborations to solve challenging problems across the many space-related applications of nuclear science and technology.
Technical Session|Verification, Validation, and Benchmark Experiment Design
Tuesday, April 29, 2025|10:00–11:40AM MDT|E.P. Ensley A
Session Chair:
Ville Valtavirta (VTT Technical Research Centre)
Alternate Chair:
Cole Gentry (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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EDIM Local Power History and Burnup Inference Based on Destructive Assay Data
10:00–10:25AM MDT
Shiming Yin (Purdue Univ.), Tarikul Islam (Purdue Univ.), Ugur Mertyurek (ORNL), Germina Procop (ORNL), Hany Abdel-Khalik (Purdue Univ.)
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Activation Calculation Comparison for FISPACT-II, ORIGEN, and OpenMC
10:25–10:50AM MDT
Jin Whan Bae (ORNL), Yves Robert (ORNL)
Multi-Cycle Neutronics Verification in the Kraken Framework
10:50–11:15AM MDT
Ville Valtavirta (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
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Alpha Eigenvalue and Beta-Effective Calculations of High Multiplication Uranium Experiments
11:15–11:40AM MDT
William Zywiec (LLNL), Jesse Norris (LLNL), Samuel Varghese (LLNL), David Heinrichs (LLNL), Daniel Siefman (LLNL), Edward Lent (LLNL), Chuck Lee (LLNL), Anthony Nelson (LLNL)
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