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The division's objectives are to promote the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental physical phenomena characterizing nuclear reactors and other nuclear systems. The division encourages research and disseminates information through meetings and publications. Areas of technical interest include nuclear data, particle interactions and transport, reactor and nuclear systems analysis, methods, design, validation and operating experience and standards. The Wigner Award heads the awards program.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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Technical Session|Special Session on Stochastic Geometry and Particle Branching Processes
Monday, April 28, 2025|10:00–11:40AM MDT|E.P. Ensley B
Session Chair:
Wei Ji (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Alternate Chair:
Patrick Brantley (LLNL)
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A Hierarchy of Parallel-Robust Stochastic Media Radiation Transport Models
10:00–10:25AM MDT
Aaron Olson (Sandia), Luke Kersting (Sandia), Kerry Bossler (Sandia), Revolution Rivera-Felix (Sandia)
Paper
Advances in Stochastic Geometry Modelling in MONK and MCBEND, the Importance of Stochastic Models, and an Approach to Validation
10:25–10:50AM MDT
Simon D. Richards (Amentum), Jessica A. Fildes (Amentum), Richard P. Hiles (Amentum), Brian J. Jones (Amentum), Paul N. Smith (Amentum)
Three-Point Correlations in Poisson Media
10:50–11:15AM MDT
Alec Shelley (Stanford), Aaron Olson (Sandia), Gianluca Geraci (Sandia)
The Stochastic Point Reactor Equation with Thermal Feedback
11:15–11:40AM MDT
Chen Dubi (Nuclear Research Center Negev), Anil K. Prinja (Univ. New Mexico)
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