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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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The past few years have seen a concerted effort from many U.S. states to encourage nuclear development. The momentum behind nuclear-friendly policies has grown considerably, with many states repealing moratoriums, courting nuclear developers and suppliers, and in some cases creating advisory groups and road maps to push deployment of new nuclear reactors.
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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